Mail:-Enter Password for Account?Enter Password for Account?Enter Pas......

Why does Mail keep asking me," Enter Password for Account..........The POP server"pop.wanadoo.co.uk" rejected the password for user.........
I enter password, get and read mail but still this message appears so I press cancel. I have never worked out if a password is needed or not. "Remember in Keychain" has been used but again I do not know if this is needed and even then message appears.
What have I got wrong?
Any help would be appreciated.

What is your time interval setting for automatically checking for new mail?
If set to every minute, change it to every 5 or 15 minutes.
Also, try using Keychain First Aid.
Open Keychain Access, located in Applications/Utilities. Choose Window > Keychain First Aid. Select your primary/login Keychain, enter your password, click Repair and then the Start button. A log will appear reporting any problems repaired.

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keychain"
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Checking keychain configuration for user (user ID=501)
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Of course you only had read access to that file. That’s precisely what I said and why I suggested to do File > Get Info (⌘I) on com.apple.security.plist, to fix that problem by changing the Owner in the Ownership & Permissions > Details section, which was wrong and the cause of the problem...
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