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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1573669" data-attributes="member: 76746"><p>Good Day To All!</p><p></p><p>For some reason, every once in a while Mail.app (OS X 10.6.8 Mail 4.6 1085) asks for my log in key chain. I'll give it to Mail, but if I don't tell it to remember the password in my keychain, it will ask over & over again, refusing to fetch the mail. </p><p></p><p>After time, I've ended up with dozens & dozens of passwords in the list in Keychain.app under the login keychain. Most are repeats for the same e-mail accounts. A few are for old wireless routers for the internet that I no longer have.</p><p></p><p>Before I start deleting the old entries and really mess things up, is it safe to get rid of the old dated entries? </p><p></p><p>Also, I wonder why Mail asks for the passwords so very often? I do have a keychain icon in the menu bar & lock it upon log-in- So that explains the initial request, but not the subsequent requests. It used to ask once & that was it until the next time I turned the computer off & back on. I have done permission repair. No changes. This is certainly no big problem. I'm simply curious.</p><p></p><p>Thanks For The Advice!</p><p>Paul</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1573669, member: 76746"] Good Day To All! For some reason, every once in a while Mail.app (OS X 10.6.8 Mail 4.6 1085) asks for my log in key chain. I'll give it to Mail, but if I don't tell it to remember the password in my keychain, it will ask over & over again, refusing to fetch the mail. After time, I've ended up with dozens & dozens of passwords in the list in Keychain.app under the login keychain. Most are repeats for the same e-mail accounts. A few are for old wireless routers for the internet that I no longer have. Before I start deleting the old entries and really mess things up, is it safe to get rid of the old dated entries? Also, I wonder why Mail asks for the passwords so very often? I do have a keychain icon in the menu bar & lock it upon log-in- So that explains the initial request, but not the subsequent requests. It used to ask once & that was it until the next time I turned the computer off & back on. I have done permission repair. No changes. This is certainly no big problem. I'm simply curious. Thanks For The Advice! Paul [/QUOTE]
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