Mail and lost passwords

Forgive me for starting a new topic but the long-running saga of missing passwords has been closed.
Fed up withconsistently having to replace password or correct Advanced preferences i decided to remove all trace of my faulty accounts and reinstall them. I removed keychain references to the accounts, copied the Mailboxes for Library to my desktop and deleted the originals, then deleted the accounts. I quit mail, started it up again and re-entered the accounts, allowing Mail to make its automatic links etc. After 36 hours I have had no problems, even been able to restore 15 minute collections of mail rather than collecting manually. Have just installed 10.5.2 and everything seems cool. Fingers crossed. Am I just lucky or have other sufferers tried this?

I presume that everyone with this problem makes a bugreport to Apple. And are there any mor topics where we could rise this problem? As seen there are no people giving solution or fixing tips anymore. The reason is simple. It´s only Apple that can fix this.
I think a topic type " How to make Apple pay attention to this mailbug" would fit. In fact i tried but that was dismissed because violation of user terms. In the explanation I was told this is discussion where you should find tips from others to solve problems. But this opportunity seem ta have run out. I have posted negative feedback to apple but nothing helps.
Why do I feel like those in "Lost"?

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