Mail forgets passwords, possibly due to error in the Keychain

Hello,
I just sent my MBP with Leopard to service, now I am sticking around with my old 12" PB and Tiger. I did a complete sync via MobileMe, including passwords on both devices. Unfortunately, Mail in Tiger does not seem to have access to the Passwords in the Keychain. When I open the Keychain, I can see all entries, also the ones for the Mail Accounts. When I try to display a password by checking the box it gets checked for a very short time (<1sec), then gets unchecked plus the Lock for the Keychain gets closed – I cannot open it again, nowhere am I asked for my account password.
I also tried to manually enter the passwords I know when asked by Mail, also with checking to keep the Password stored in the Keychain. The next time I am opening Mail it already forgot everything.
Is there a way to get rid of this problematic?
Temporarily using most recent Tiger 10.4.11 + all Updates on a Powerbook 12" 1.5GHz.
EDIT: I have acces to all data from my MBP via a TimeMachine Backup. Maybe that does help somehow?
Message was edited by: effzehn

Hi effzehn ,
I have acces to all data from my MBP via a TimeMachine Backup. Maybe that does help somehow?
Not likely.
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), it will try to repair your Disk Directory while the spinning radian is happening, so let it go, run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then...
Open Keychain Access in Utilities, use Keychain First Aid under the Window Menu item.
Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X...
If Keychain First Aid finds an issue that it cannot repair, or if you do not know your keychain password, you may need to reset your keychain.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544
Where does that leave us?

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