Mail password

[Alasdair]

All of a sudden, the password for my Tiscali mail account is being
rejected on my PPC iMac, but all is tickety-boo on MBPro and iPhone.
iMac is Ethernet, the other two are WiFi, which may or may not be
significant. Any ideas, please?

[Drew Reece]

Check the password is correct in /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access. The credentials should be in your login keychain. Search for the server name that the Mail account is using. Delete the Keychain item(s) that match the server if you want to re-enter it to be sure the password is correct. Restart mail.

Also check that the mail account types are the same on the macs, it may be that one is POP3 and needs different setup or something changed at the Tiscali end. You may find instructions for setting up Mail on Tiscali's site if you are lucky & want to double check.

You could disconnect the ethernet & try wifi on the MBPro to see if it is the issue, seems unlikely since it should be connecting to the server to get the password refusal, and your iPhone will be on your WiFi too?

If it fails to fix it, let us know what versions of mail you have.

Re:co