Repeated requests for passwords

I have tried all suggestions I could find on this listserve without success. It just keeps asking for passwords. Any and all help welcome.
Thanks,
Jacob

Might see this...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1614374&tstart=0

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My G4 suddenly wants my passwords all of the time; when logging in, when checking email, when on the internet. I've reset the preferences, checked and double-checked all of the settings and can't figure out why. I've used this computer for five years without this problem. I've run system utilities, deleted my keychain and made a new one, gone through all of the steps I can think of but I'm obviously missing something.

The keychain is unlocked and yes, the passwords are
the same. The computer should startup without asking
for a password, but it does. And everytime I go onto
the internet, it asks for my keychain password.
Granted this is only a minor annoyance, but I do not
understand why it is suddenly doing this.
Have you looked in the Access Control tab for the keychain items that ask for your password?
There are a couple of radio buttons:
o Allow all applications to access this item
o Confirm before allowing access
and the last one has a check box:
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Maybe the defaul is to ask confirmation.
Note that every item has this choice.
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Repeated requests for password

New problem with Mail, one I've had before and never been able to figure out how to really resolve it. Very often now, a dialog box pops up with this message:
Enter password for Account “Primary”
The POP server “pop.att.yahoo.com” rejected the password for user “---”
Please re-enter your password, or cancel.
I put the password in, click on "save in keychain" and then a piece or two of mail comes in, but very soon, the same dialog box pops up again. What's going on here?
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Judy

I just dug up an old email from AT&T from the last time this happened to me awhile back... I think it's still relevant, even though I don't think they'd admit to this now.
here's part of it:
"In using the Mac Mail, the reason why that a pop up dialog box keeps on appearing every 2 - 30 minutes is because of a network event detected. This network event states that customers are prompted for their password when using POP clients, such as Microsoft Outlook, Mac Mail for email. Unfortunately, there is currently no Estimated Time of Restoral (ETR).
To access your Mail, you may use the AT&T Web mail. Please do the following:
1. Open your browser [Safari or Firefox] and in the address bar insert the address http://sbc.yahoo.com.
2. Insert your member ID [[email protected]] and password.
3. Click on the [Mail] icon.
If you did not encounter the issue using the web mail, you may need to recreate your e-mail account on your Mac Mail. Please follow the steps below:
1. From the Mac Mail toolbar click [Mail].
2. Select the [Preferences] option. The Account window will appear.
3. Click on the [+ (plus)] button on the bottom-left corner of the Accounts window. The New Account wizard window will appear.
4. Select the [Continue] button to launch the email configuration walk-through.
5. Select [POP] as the Account Type from the [General Information] screen and enter the following information before selecting [Continue].
[Account Description]: Give an Account name.
[Full Name:] Your Name
[Email Address:] Email address of account being configured
6. Enter the following information on the Incoming Mail Server screen and select
[Continue].
Incoming Mail Server
User Name: This should be the complete e-mail address
Password
7. From the [Incoming Mail Security] screen, verify the following before selecting [Continue]:
8. There is not a check mark in the [Use Secure Sockets Layer(SSL)] box.
[Password] is selected from the Authentication dropdown selection.
9. From the Outgoing Mail Server screen, enter the following information before selecting [Continue] (ensure the Use Authentication box is checked):
Outgoing Mail Server
User Name (Complete email address)
Password
10. From the [Outgoing Mail Security] screen, verify the following before selecting [Continue]:
Password is selected from the Authentication drop-down.
The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) box is not checked.
Screenshot: Outgoing Mail Security
11. From the Account Summary screen, verify the information then select [Continue].
12. Select [Done] when the [Conclusion] screen appears to exit the wizard.
If after recreating the account and still you encounter the problem, you may need to have your Mac Mail client to be checked. Unfortunately, AT&T does not configure third party e-mail clients. You may need to call AT&T Support + or your Original Equipment Manufacturer, Apple. AT&T Support + is a fee-based technical support service that would be glad to assist you. You can reach AT&T Support + at 1-866-294-3464 or Apple at 800-767-2775."
(numbers might be different now)
Anyway, I think this is pretty much why, at least for my situation... and that's why it comes and goes away on it's own, because they're working on their servers, or some such. I think right now, AT&T are doing major work with their internet, u-verse, etc so it would make sense that some of us are experiencing these drops at this time, plus whatever issues Mac Mail contributes. So that's my 2 cents.
have a great day.
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okay well they got me to take out some .plist files to see if that would help it didn't. I'm not sure what ones that they deleted for my self maybe someone here would be abel to tell you what ones to take out but didn't work the one that came close to working was this going into keychain and deleting the account(s) then reading them again.
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Hacked email. PW reset. Constant requests for passwords come up in several apps.

MacBook 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. 3 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. OS 10.7.5.
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Any help with how to basically 'start over' with keychain and eliminate this annoying, constant problem?
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Hello, Madgreyhair.
Try these articles to see if it will correct the Keychain issue.
Mac OS X 10.7: Solving problems with keychains
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7296
Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544
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