MacMail rejects password

I have read so many discussions about MacMail doing exactly what mine is doing and it seems no one has the answer and Apple is doing nothing to fix problem.
Mail asks for password and then asks again and again. I have to click on cancel to stop it. I am using imap - SSL - port 993 - etc. I have changed password and user name in keychain, in mail setup many times. I talked to server 3 days in a row. After I talked to them, mail woruld work for rest of that day and be down the next day.
Connection doctor says: Tryig to log in to thie sbcglobal.net IMAP account failed. Verify that the username and password are correct.
Details say:
WROTE May 22 22:06:47.132 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x123c0b2d0 -- thread:0x12077cbc0
QUIT
I'm not sure what that means.
Gmail works fine, as does the internet. I have unplugged and replugged everything I have, many times. Turned off things, rebooted, name it. I have the same problem on my iMac.
I do notice that my password disappears in preferences > account information. It has always done that, so I'm not too worried about that. I am using a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard.
I'm desperate to get this fixed if anyone knows about this and has an answer.
Thank you, Arudi

Never mind, I just got the answer from an old Apple Discussions answer. Thanks, anyway. Arudi

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