Mail wont go online

Hi,
After installing snow leopard I had a few niggles with mail not sending mail, but now mail wont go on line.
I recently initiated the junk filter which highlights potential junk. Then mail kept on asking for my password, ( which it never did before) and now I cant send or receive emails, though can still browse the net with Safari.
I have turn junk mail off now and still no mail can go or be retrieved.
Any suggestions. I have just downloaded Bento 2 if that is any help, which by the way keeps on crashing.
Thanks for any suggestions.
George UK

Hi George,
On this page, under Mac in the middle there is some info on Mail in Snow Leopard. May not help, but it's something. Have you tried going through the set up assistant again to see if that could make a difference. Usually when Mail asks for your password, a message will come up and ask you if you want to put that password in your keychain. I had to put my password in quite a few times before that message came up, but after it did I didn't have any problems again.
Mail with 10.6 has been buggy for a few people, myself included. Eventually you'll hit the right combo and it will settle down.
Good luck,
Steve
See the link here, "Sending and receiving mail"
http://www.apple.com/support/

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