Mail forgets passwords for acct's when iBook battery runs out . . . why?

Recently, the last couple times our iBook G4 battery runs out, certain settings disappear (clock resets, Mail acc't passwords gone . . .)
We have about 4 mail acc'ts with passwords that have somehow been forgotten by Mail (Keychain issue?) that seem to be related . . . any ideas on a way to find our Mail password pref's again?
Much appreciated,
J & G

Oh, guess what . . . just quit Mail, and restarted it . . . now messages are being retrieved . . . problem solved!

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