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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1845543" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>This used to be a fairly common problem. It is a problem with Apple's Keychain. You must be using an older version of the Mac OS, because this never comes up anymore.</p><p>Doing this fixes the problem for most users:</p><p></p><p>Launch the Keychain application, located in your Utilities folder.</p><p></p><p>in the Edit menu, choose Keychain List. Now in the Shared column check both System and Login.</p><p></p><p>In the upper left column, highlight Login. </p><p>In the lower left column, highlight Passwords. </p><p></p><p>In the right window scroll until</p><p>you find your internet service provider's incoming and outgoing mail servers. </p><p>They are usually called something like:</p><p>"mail.yourisp.com" </p><p>and </p><p>"smtp.yourisp.com"</p><p></p><p>For Comcast they are:</p><p>"mail.comcast.net" </p><p>and </p><p>"smtp.comcast.net"</p><p></p><p>Double-clicking on each (in turn) will bring up a window with tabs at the top </p><p>which say Attributes and Access Control.</p><p>Select Access Control. </p><p></p><p>Then select "Allow all applications to access this item." Make sure you do this for both</p><p>the incoming server and outgoing server keychain items. </p><p></p><p>If the above doesn't help, check out:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.macissues.com/2015/07/08/manage-os-x-always-asking-to-use-your-keychain-passwords/" target="_blank">Manage OS X always asking to use your keychain passwords | MacIssues</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.macissues.com/2014/09/03/what-to-do-if-mail-constantly-asks-for-passwords/" target="_blank">What to do if Mail constantly asks for passwords | MacIssues</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://mclarenblog.com/2012/01/23/1801/" target="_blank">Macintosh computer Mail SMTP Server Error message</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1845543, member: 190607"] This used to be a fairly common problem. It is a problem with Apple's Keychain. You must be using an older version of the Mac OS, because this never comes up anymore. Doing this fixes the problem for most users: Launch the Keychain application, located in your Utilities folder. in the Edit menu, choose Keychain List. Now in the Shared column check both System and Login. In the upper left column, highlight Login. In the lower left column, highlight Passwords. In the right window scroll until you find your internet service provider's incoming and outgoing mail servers. They are usually called something like: "mail.yourisp.com" and "smtp.yourisp.com" For Comcast they are: "mail.comcast.net" and "smtp.comcast.net" Double-clicking on each (in turn) will bring up a window with tabs at the top which say Attributes and Access Control. Select Access Control. Then select "Allow all applications to access this item." Make sure you do this for both the incoming server and outgoing server keychain items. If the above doesn't help, check out: [url=http://www.macissues.com/2015/07/08/manage-os-x-always-asking-to-use-your-keychain-passwords/]Manage OS X always asking to use your keychain passwords | MacIssues[/url] [url=https://www.macissues.com/2014/09/03/what-to-do-if-mail-constantly-asks-for-passwords/]What to do if Mail constantly asks for passwords | MacIssues[/url] [url=http://mclarenblog.com/2012/01/23/1801/]Macintosh computer Mail SMTP Server Error message[/url] [/QUOTE]
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