Mail keeps asking me for my Verizon POP password!
Hello,
The Mac Mail program keeps asking me for my Verizon POP outgoing password. It is so annoying because I have the password stored in the program's preferences for my Verizon.net account, and I know it is stored in the Keychain utility. I have never had this problem on my old mac which ran Mac OS 10.3.9, but I seem to have this problem several times EVERYDAY. I have my outgoing mail server as outgoing.verizon.net. I called Apple tech support about this, and they had me change my authentication settings from Authenticated POP (APOP) to Password. However, after saving that setting, the stupid program reverts back to APOP!!
What can I do so that Mac Mail will stop acting like it is suffering from alzhiemer's, and remember my password?
I suggest running Keychain First Aid on your login Keychain via Keychain Access.
The Authenticated POP (APOP) is for the incoming mail server, not for the outgoing or SMTP server.
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