Change Pwd on IMAP accounts

Hi,
I had to change passwords on two IMAP accounts.
When I tried to change them on my iPhone 3GS it does not work, and it displays a message like "username or pwd not valid". Then I removed these accounts from the iPhone and I created two new accounts, with the all IMAP/SMTP settings, correct username and new pwds. But the message is always the same. Moreover mail write on the inbox a message like "updated at 9.01 a.m." that is the time just before pwd change. It seems like it is mantaing all previous settings!
Is anybody have any idea?
Thanks
vincenzo

perhaps you could create a rule instead and trigger this via applescript.
It is a workaround, but probaly a reliable soliution...
perform mail action with messages v : Script handler invoked by rules and menus that execute AppleScripts. The direct parameter of this handler is a list of messages being acted upon.
perform mail action with messages list of message : the message being acted upon
in mailboxes mailbox : If the script is being executed by the user selecting an item in the scripts menu, this argument will specify the mailboxes that are currently selected. Otherwise it will not be specified.
for rule rule : If the script is being executed by a rule action, this argument will be the rule being invoked. Otherwise it will not be specified.

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Trash mailboxes. Thus, I have no idea if Mail's 'use for'
function would cause any problems if applied to them.
Neither do I. Try it.
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grace period holding tank similar to Trash, except
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deletion from its servers). problem is, there is
nothing like that that appears in Mail, either under
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I have the feeling that Mail is already doing what you want, and the reason you cannot see that folder is because the name used by AOL is the same as the one used for Mail (Deleted Messages), and thus, Mail has already been using that folder for that purpose since the beginning.
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"[email protected]" or its contents like
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