Keychain problem - mail always asks for pop password

I have tried to set the password in Mail prefs but it simply won't stay there. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Mike Caley

try clicking "cancel" instead of re-entering the password, I have found this to work in the past - no idea why.. theory is that my mac has the correct password but some other mail pop log in problem externally is being interpreted by mail as a log in failure when it isn't, such as the pop box still being locked from an earlier session (timeouts etc) or by another simultaneous login by another machine using the same pop box, maybe a laptop and a desktop.
the problem used to drive me nuts.
anthony

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