Mail is rejecting password

Hi everyone,
I tried to sign on to my Mail account (which has worked before today) and is not letting me sign on saying that the POP account will not accept the password. It's my alma mater's account and I signed on through the web-based service and my password worked fine. I checked the Preferences and carefully re-entered my password and it still won't work. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Same (similar?) problem. OS 10.3.9 and Mail 1.3.1. My ISP is SbcYahoo. My sbcglobal email accounts all send and receive fine. I have a "macmail.com" free web-based POP3 account from which I used to be able to send and receive email in Apple Mail. Lately, whenever I try to receive them from within Mail, I get the "Password rejected... please re-enter" message. I tried everything suggested here and elsewhere (Keychain Repair, permission repair, etc.) to no avail. The problem persists in my OS X 10.4.3 installation. I figured it was a problem with the "macmail.com" server.
On a whim, I downloaded the trial of GyazMail. I set up my "macmail" account. Bingo! Email received in an instant. Both email applications use the same Port 110, so why Mail doesn't work and Gyaz does is byeond me.

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comicstripper1 wrote:
I desperately don't want to upgrade to lion as I run lots of expensive software off my machine, (photoshop, illustrator, indesign, after effects etc) and don't want lion to mess them up. ...
You can continue to run most PowerPC software in Mt. Lion by installing Snow Leopard Server into Parallels 8:
[click on image to enlarge]
Apple is now selling Snow Leopard Server for $19.99 + sales tax & shipping costs at 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A (telephone orders only).

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