Mac Mail POP accounts + iPhone

Hello, and please forgive me in advance if this has been covered.
I'm trying to sync all of my Mac Mail POP accounts to the iPhone, which at first seemed simple, which it was until on the Mac side Mail started to ask me for passwords over and over again... though on the iPhone side everything seems groovy.
As a work around I've selected only the .Mac accounts to be synced for now.
I'm sure it's an easy fix, just wanted to put this out there in case I'm doing something wrong

Honestly, 'sync' and 'POP' don't belong together in
the same sentence.
You should seriously take a look at using IMAP
technology wherever it is available, converting your
POP3 mailboxes where you can. Mail service at .Mac is
offered in both flavors, and you are far better off
using IMAP.
This is not an iPhone specific matter, as the POP3 vs
IMAP issue comes up almost daily in the
Mail & Address Book forum. You might want to
browse or search it to learn why IMAP is the answer
to those who seek to 'synchronize' mail content.
thanks for your reply.
What I meant by putting 'sync' and 'pop' in the same sentence was syncing the Mac Mail accounts, not necessarily the emails. I understand the difference between pop and imap.
The point of my question revolves around what I've already stated. I'm not looking to argue about semantics, how many terms I've decided to use in one sentence, or a discussion on your opinion of pop vs. imap; just trying to figure out why all of a sudden Mac Mail on the host computer is asking me for passwords over and over again after hooking up the iPhone and attempting to 'sync' mail account information over.

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