Mail doesn't remember password

Since updating to Maverick I have to enter my password every time I open Mail. Opening the accounts settings shows that the password is not entered but entering it and saving it doesn't work as it asks again the next time and the accounts settings has again lost it.

The trouble with this is that it has to re-sync all 8,000 read messages that I have never gotten around to deleting.
I did this last year when buying a new computer and migrating everything. It still took two days to re-sync iCloud and gmail and I ended up with hundreds of "unread" mail.
Deleting and re-adding the account may work, but why can't it remember my password from one execution of Mail to the next? Is this something to do with the revised Keychain?

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HI John,
Open Keychain Access (Applications/Utilities).
Under Keychains on the left, click: login
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Nina,
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{quote:title=henrikloenn wrote:}If I had an aquarium my mini would be in it.{quote}
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{quote}I've been at this for two weeks now and my keychains are unresponsive even after reparing permissions, starting over with a clean keychain and even a new user.{quote}
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p99-imap.mail.me.com
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