Mail Password intermitent rejection

This forum has many complaints about this fault.
We have had this problem for many months [10.4.11 and 10.5.4 and in between updates].
We have spoken to our ISP and they have it recorded with many Mac users (no Windows followers) and they believe it is faulty workmanship by Apple. We have three ISP's and they know of the fault. Some computers only connect to one ISP, and we still have a problem.
We have changed keychains, we have looked at timing our issues, cap lock, checked authentications, deleted some preferences and are not going to do a reinstall.
Has anyone been able to "fix" this faulty problem - permanently ???
Has anyone got Steve Wozniak's home phone number......
Australia......

As disclosed in all the forums now running, this is an Apple Mail fault.
It is not an ISP fault.
We must wait for Apple to fix....

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POP Mail Password being "rejected"

I've Got Mail (1.3.11) going out to yahoo.com to pick up my mail from the POP server. It's set to check for mail every minute. Suddenly I keep getting a note that "the POP server 'pop.mail.yahoo.com' rejected the password for user 'petermbooth' Please re-enter your password or cancel." Then at the bottom of the window is a checkbox which says "Remember this password in my keychain." I check this and... The same thing happnens again within a few minutes.
Any ideas WHY this is happening? Yahoo IS accepting the password, because when I enter the password, it goes out and collects the mail. It's a couple minutes before the note comes back.
Ideas? This is very frustrating!
Peter
G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

this started happening with me about a week or two ago as well. i am running OS 10.4.4, the mail version i have is 2.05. this only happens with my yahoo email account. i also a google and .mac, which retrieves email just fine. i have tried deleting the account from the mail app and re-entering the account. that worked fine for about 20 minutes, then it started happening again. i have also tried deleting the keychain access for the password and selecting 'save to keychain' when you enter the password in mail, but again that didn't change anything.
all the problems started after i updated my computer, via software update, on jan. 11th. i updated quicktime to 7.0.4, itunes to 6.0.2, powerbook aluminum battery to 1.0, and OS X to 10.4.4. personally, i think there is something wrong with the 10.4.4 update. hopefully it will get taken care of soon.
Al Powerbook & iBook G3 500 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Mail password suddenly rejected

Hello,
For reasons unknown, after having my email delivered all morning, I came back from an errand and the Apple mail icon was bouncing. It stated essentially that the server rejected my password and to re-enter the password. That accomplished nothing. For the past 4 hours, I can't get email or send any. I have removed and recreated my account 6 times. I have also reinstalled the Mountain Lion software and all its updates which have taken 2 hrs and 8 minutes to do. I am no closer to getting email than I was this morning. Can someone please clearly direct me to fix this problem that arrived from nowhere. I did not change any settings in the mail preferences before this happened. And, yes, I know my password. And, yes, the mail icon is still bouncing. PS. I can't access mail even on my iPhone.
Thank you ahead,
Al Eugene

I agree with arthur, so maybe you should access by browser and see if you can find anything.
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E-mail password being rejected after cancelling MobileMe

Hello there & thanks for your help,
A few weeks ago I cancelled MobileMe & since then I have had difficulties logging on to my e-mail account, taking a couple of goes. Now I am completely locked out as my password is not being recognised. I have deleted the account (after saving e-mails) but now cannot re-create the account because of the same problem. My AppleID & info except my usual password but not my e-mail. What to do??

Great news, thanks for the Star!
Might consider a free gMail account, IMAP if you like...
http://tinyurl.com/c84gd7
http://email.about.com/od/macosxmailtips/qt/et_gmailosxmail.htm

My Mail application is rejecting my password even though I'm putting it in correctly. Mail is working fine on my iPad and iPhone but not my iMac so it must be something to do with the Mail settings on my desktop. My software is up to date. Can you help?

I have an iMac, operating system 10.7.4 with up to date software. My mail application is rejecting my password even though I know I am putting it in correctly. I have an ipad and iphone and the mail application is working fine on them. On my desktop however I cannot receive or send mail. I think it must be something to do with the settings but cannot work out what. I have contacted BT who provides my email and internet. As I have another email address with them that is working correctly they believe it is a problem with mail rather than with them. Please can you help?

OK Vicky, good clues...
See if this helps...
Open Keychain Access in Utilities, use Keychain First Aid under the Keychain Menu item, then either check the Password under that item, change it, or delete it and start over. See if there are duplicates, should be one for Incoming & one for Outgoing.
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

E-mail password keeps getting rejected

e-mail password keeps getting rejected, asks to reente for IMAP server

Gustavo, launch Keychain Access. Go to "login" keychain and then "Passwords". Double-click the entry for this email account and place a check mark beside "Show Password". You will be asked for your login password but you should be able to see what the password for this email account was.
Let us know if this helps. Cheers!

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Until April 2012 there were enough threads on password rejection to knit a large sweater but then the moderator closed the forum saying all was well. It isn't. I have been unable to access my bt mail since March except by logging on to webmail after which macmail behaves correctly for about 1 hour. Wasted £30 on a premium BT help service on this matter. Very nice guy but perplexed! This issue is not dead. I had the same issue with my iphone which was resolved in an Apple store. Is there now a fix for this utterly irritating situation? It does BT no credit whatsoever. Any chance of reclaiming my lost hours and £30? I think I know the answer to that one.

E-mail password rejection AGAIN

This wasaproblem a few months ago
http://community.bt.com/t5/Other-BB-Queries/E-mail-password-rejection/td-p/234061/highlight/true/pag...
All happening again today.
I DESPAIR of BTOpenworld

Am also having exactly the same irritating problem as davrh (the original poster).
My configuration is Intel iMac, OS X 10.5.8 & Apple Mail 3.6.
Worked fine for about 3 years, then started rejecting passwords as below:-
The POP server “mail.btinternet.com” rejected the password for user “[email protected]”
Please re-enter your password, or cancel.
Problem started about five months ago. I am using 3 BTinternet mail addresses within 2 Apple user accounts on the same iMac - all the BT e-mail addresses have the same problem.
Interestingly, a gmail account operated within the Mail client does not have the problem.
I have increased the time period for the Apple mail client to "check for new mail", as an attempt reduce the number of pop-ups and relieve the irritation factor.
As passwords are set within in the Mail client account information, this should not be an invalid password issue.
I suspect it may be a timing issue on the BT Mail server side.
I had hoped the issue would be resolved with the new update of BT Yahoo - which is advertised as being 2 x faster.
But it hasn't!
Really need a fix for this.

Mail server is rejecting my password

Mail server is rejecting my password... I am certain that I am entering the correct password.... It appears as though I cannot recieve new mail or send mail. Please help!
It is a personal gmail account

Go into the mail account in Safari using the web portal and test the password there. Lynnpepe.com doesn't look like an email address.

The Password in Yahoo Mail keeps getting rejected in IMAP server in yahoo . The password is correct had reset it several times in mail preference.

I keep getting my Yahoo mail password rejected. I think it is the server IMAP. I have gone into mail prefference reset it several times. I still get the pop up on Mac pro and I mac computers.

Sounds more like your Yahoo mail account has been hacked. The hacker probably changed your password. Report it to Yahoo.
Allan

Please Help...Mail.app keeps rejecting my password

Hi,
It has been happening for a few hours and I don't know how to solve thnis problem.
It never happened before. I put the correct password, and still I get the pop up window saying " The mobileme IMAP server "imap.mail.me.com" rejected the password for user ....."
I can access my email via browser on the icloud site, but I need to fix the mail.app
Did the configurations for the smtp server changed or something?
Any ideas?
Thank you.

I think the outgoing is smtp.mail.me.com, use default ports 25,465,587, use SSL,
user name is the name without the @me.com, and a blank area for password right now.
In the account > advanced tab> I see Port 993, and Use SSL is checked and it has authentication by password. And the use IDLE command is also checked.
I wonder if that is becaues I'm using snow leopard but I have deleted the keychain thng many times, it won't fix the problem.
I tried to get email again and it gives me an alert that says " there may be a problemw ithe mail sever network. verify the settings for account etc,
the server returned the error: the attempt to read data from the server "imap.mail.me.com"failed. So this is what I'm getting now. That's a different message.
I don't know what's wrong with my computer.

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Mail Version 3.6 repeatedly asks for password - message
The MobileMe IMAP server “mail.mac.com” rejected the password for user “mtfunsmith”
Please re-enter your password, or cancel.
Now Inbox messages are not visible. Mobile me on iCloud is working but not through Mail on iMac.

Hello,
I think they're slowly nudging people to switch, .mac & MobileMe are going away about June/July, may as well set it up now.
Do not delete the old account yet.
I understand .mac mail will still come through. Do not delete the old account yet.
You cannot use .mac or MobileMe as type of Account, you have to choose IMAP when setting up, otherwise Mail is hard coded to change imap.mail.me.com to mail.me.com & smtp.mail.me.com to smtp.me.com, no matter what you try to enter.
iCloud Mail setup, do not choose .mac or MobileMe as type, but choose IMAP...
IMAP (Incoming Mail Server) information:
• Server name: imap.mail.me.com
• SSL Required: Yes
• Port: 993
• Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
• Password: Your iCloud password
SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:
• Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
• SSL Required: Yes
• Port: 587
• SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
• Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
• Password: Your iCloud password

Mac Mail password rejected by POP server with ATT ISP

Just 2 months ago my ATT mail server keeps rejecting my email password that I use on apple mail as well as gmail. Now I can't use my apple mail application but the same email address with same password will work for web mail by gmail. I spent $ and hours with ATT connectech service without resolution except aggravation from different call centers repeating same old stories.
Problem: every time I use apple mail, it pops a message to re-enter password because my email address/Password is rejected by POP server. Same address/PW work for my gmail account.
I thought I post here before I have to pay Apple for trouble-shooting now that I am done with futile ATT support. I may never get a fix. I even try to migrate to Comcast but it has problem connecting to my house. I am at my wit's end. Thanks for reading.

This issue may have more to do with your mail server rather than your Mac.
I too was afflicted with issue for over a week. I tried many fixes including, keychain repair, deleting my mail prefs and rebuilding my accounts by hand, toggling the interval button, shutting down and unplugging everything including AC power to my Mac. (btw -cancelling the message seemed to make it come back faster)
It was happening about half dozen times a day. Then one day it happened only 3 times, the next day twice, the next day once. Then gone! Fingers X'd it's 3 full weeks now without seeing it.
There is hope!
EDIT: As Max Miles says multiple computers can cause this. All are valid suggestions and may work in your cases.
-mj
[email protected]

Mail Password Issue (server rejecting the password)

Every time i try to get my email i get a message back that says "The MobileMe IMAP server 'mail.me.com' rejected the password for user dswich". Is there a way to reset (or retrieve) my password so that i can get back into my email? Because clearly i don't have the right password......

I have the same issue. Just replaced a hard drive and restored everything. Only thing that did not come with it were the mail info. No big deal, I thought. But when I tried to put in all the password information, it would not accept it. It is the only thing left to do. Email boxes-everything imported back in from my backup hard drive. Just a little frustrated right now.
Ok. Just changed my password according to iCloud requirements. Still no joy. I get email on my iPad and my iPhone, but I cannot seem to get the mail sent to my computer with the new hard drive. So, I am with you. Is there a way to verify the email settings?

Mail password doesn't work only with my Airport unit with MacBook, iPhone, iPad

Starting a couple of weeks ago, and every week for a few hours, my mail password will be rejected on my MacBook, iPad and iPhone when connected through my Airport Extreme. I'm not sure whether this is related to the firmware upgrade I did two weeks ago. It had never happened before.
The password is correct. When I connect from any of these devices through another network, it works fine. The problem only occurs with Mail, and only through my particular Airport Extreme (4th generation N) unit.
All other Internet access through this unit works fine.
The mail account is an IMAP account through Intermedia. An Exchange account with Intermedia (a separate mailbox) works fine on both my computer using Microsoft Outlook and iPhone Mail.
The last time this happened, the problem randomly fixed itself within a few hours. Now it's happening again.
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Fixed itself again two hours later. Intermedia is not reporting any problems and since the other mail account (on the same server) works fine, I don't think it relates to them.

Mail Password intermitent rejection

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