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From time to time, Apple Mail will demand your password for no apparent reason. This is usually a sign that it's having trouble communicating with your ISP's mail server. Usually the problem goes away within minutes but, if it persists, and you keep trying to retrieve messages, Mail will switch the offending account off (but it won't tell you!) If you are no longer receiving messages to a specific account, click on Mailbox -> Online Status, and you'll see a window like this: You'll notice that most of the accounts are Online but a few (see one wth blue arrow) are off-line. Simply click "Take xxx Online" and that should fix the problem till the next time. This problem is caused by the way in which Mail handles communication problems with the mail server. Invariably it is the fault of your ISP's mail server and there's nothing you can do about it. Just rarely it may be caused by a fault in your telephone wiring. Back to index page Copyright ©2007 Glodark Updated August 18, 2007 This file may be downloaded for private and personal use but NO part of it may be published in any form without the prior permission of the author. This Web Site was produced entirely on a Macintosh computer