Mail Nags for POP Password; Please Fix It

At first it only happened on my G5 iMac, now it has begun to happen on my MacBook Pro:
Mail can't find the password for the POP3 account in the keychain and keeps nagging me for it. This is really getting annoying. On the G5 iMac, I tried all the remedies for fixing the keychain. However, there is no other problem with the keychain, and beyond that, there is no reason for Mail to use the keychain: the password is in the account settings!
I have concluded that this is a bug that impairs the value and usability of Mail, and that it needs to be fixed pronto. Would an Apple employee please respond vaguely to this post, then light a fire under someone to fix this in a software update?
iMac G5 and MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4)

Ken,
I see this often too, it may be caused by interfering requests when you have several accounts on line. What you see is not the normal Keychain Opening password request, I assume, but a separate request from inside Mail. For dark reasons, this does not relate well to keychain.
Next time this happens, just press cancel when requested for the password, and press the online/offline button (you can add this one on your Mail toolbar) and do a check mail, it should now work again.

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