Mail account continues to ask for password

My Mail application, on both my MacBook Pro (with Lion) and Power PC G5 (with Leopard) continues to periodically ask for the password for my Yahoo (set up as IMAP) account. My three other accounts, including iCloud, operate correctly. I do have the password saved in the account information under Preferences. What is going on with this account?

Thanks. I tried the Keychange update with no success.
The problem is happening on both Macs, so it likely isn't a keychain issue on one Mac.
The Mail message I receive is: "The Yahoo! IMAP server “imap.mail.yahoo.com” rejected the password for user [XXXXXX]."
I have separatelly tried logging into my Yahoo account, and do get in with no problem.
Other thoughts?

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