Mail Password not rembered

I have an imac since christmas and all of a sudden My mail icon in the dock starts bouncing . When i go to mail it says my pop server cannot identify my password and i need to type it in again . When i got my mac i had it remember the password .Everything seem to be ok for a while and then it pops up again . I called my internet provider and everything is set up correctly on my computer and on their end . i have had the same password for years . I don't know too much about this . Should i call Apple

I had this problem several months ago, and it just recurred tow days ago. After trying all the keychain tricks mentioned, and several re-boots, I finally resorted to what worked for me last time - I deleted ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist. That's not as scary as it seems, since the old file is still in the recycle bin if you decide you need it.
Having deleted the plist file, Mail will go through a setup procedure, asking for your incoming and outbound server names and credentials, and then after checking, will ask to "Take the account on-line". All of my previous Inbox messages, the smart mailboxes, and the folders under "ON MY MAC" were intact; the only ting is that everything in the Inbox is marked as "unread", but that's a simple thing to fix.
HTH
Walt

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