Re entering email passwords after a Keychain reset
I am having a similar problem with one of my mail accounts. I am not receiving emails in that account and it is asking me for a password.
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After a keychain reset as I think you have done recently, you'll be asked to re enter your passwords of various accounts. Your email accounts are included in this. Should be simple to solve. You can re enter your email passwords in a couple of different areas. Let's try system preferences first.
Under the black apple in the top left corner of your computer, choose System Preferences. Then select Internet Accounts. Click on the email account you wish to re enter the password to on the right hand side. You should see a drop down to re enter your password. That may do it. If not, let me know and I'll give you another way to enter your password to an email account.
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Scotty-
I tried your fix - it didn’t work.
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The very first thing you want to do when troubleshooting email password problems is first make %100 sure the password you think is correct, IS correct. To do this go straight to the source. If you're using gmail, go to gmail.com and log in from the webpage. If you're using Yahoo, go to yahoo.com and log in from the webpage. If you're using iCloud, go to icloud.com and log in using the webpage, and so on.
After you've proven to yourself you know the password proceed:
The next place to re enter your email passwords can be found in your Email program's preferences. Open up your email program. (I call it the stamp). Probably in your dock.
Open Preferences from the "File" drop down menu at the top.
Select Accounts, then the email account on the left. Then "Server Settings" across the top area.
Enter the password for both the incoming and outgoing settings.
If you don't see those choices you will need to do the following:
Select "Server Settings" then edit SMTP Server List
Then enter the password here for the respective account.
If that doesn't work, there may be other issues at play, or something very obvious we are simply missing. If this does not work for you, send me your email and pw and I would be happy to troubleshoot it further for you.
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After a keychain reset as I think you have done recently, you'll be asked to re enter your passwords of various accounts. Your email accounts are included in this. Should be simple to solve. You can re enter your email passwords in a couple of different areas. Let's try system preferences first.
Under the black apple in the top left corner of your computer, choose System Preferences. Then select Internet Accounts. Click on the email account you wish to re enter the password to on the right hand side. You should see a drop down to re enter your password. That may do it. If not, let me know and I'll give you another way to enter your password to an email account.
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Scotty-
I tried your fix - it didn’t work.
___________
The very first thing you want to do when troubleshooting email password problems is first make %100 sure the password you think is correct, IS correct. To do this go straight to the source. If you're using gmail, go to gmail.com and log in from the webpage. If you're using Yahoo, go to yahoo.com and log in from the webpage. If you're using iCloud, go to icloud.com and log in using the webpage, and so on.
After you've proven to yourself you know the password proceed:
The next place to re enter your email passwords can be found in your Email program's preferences. Open up your email program. (I call it the stamp). Probably in your dock.
Open Preferences from the "File" drop down menu at the top.
Select Accounts, then the email account on the left. Then "Server Settings" across the top area.
Enter the password for both the incoming and outgoing settings.
If you don't see those choices you will need to do the following:
Select "Server Settings" then edit SMTP Server List
Then enter the password here for the respective account.
If that doesn't work, there may be other issues at play, or something very obvious we are simply missing. If this does not work for you, send me your email and pw and I would be happy to troubleshoot it further for you.
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