Password protecting Mail.app

Hi all,
I convinced my dad to use Mail for his mail client, but he wants to be able to password protect it so no one can just open Mail and read all his e-mail.
I'm not sure this is doable but I wanted to ask, thanks.

I'm sorry but I'm not following...
I'm trying this on my system so when I connect to his Mac I'll know what to do.
But for example I have three email accounts setup in Mail.app, I believe in Keychain Access there is an entry for both the incoming and outgoing server, totally 6. So I have to do what you said to each of those entries?
And if so how is that going to prompt Mail.app to ask for a password whenever it's opened?
Sorry I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this.

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I honestly can't say, as I do still use the AOL software. But you could still try it, to see if it works with her AOL Email address, if that is all she has.
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