Hi,

Adding to Jonathan’s awesome explanation, I really don’t believe that anything 
has changed over the past few weeks.

• for non-Google and non-iCloud accounts, you will still have Incoming and 
Outgoing server configuration options from within the Server Settings pane of 
mail Prefs.
• iCloud belongs to Apple, so as long as your Apple ID password is entered 
properly in System Prefs, there’s no extra configuration required.
• as mentioned, Google based accounts, whether G Mail, or Google Work Space, 
are handled in a special manner.  The private browser actions will be triggered 
whenever you use something that notices that the Google password is no longer 
valid.  That is, if you’re in Mail, System Preferences/Internet Accounts, or in 
a browser.  Google will tell you that the password is incorrect and give you 
the opportunity to fix it.  Once you’ve entered the correct password in the 
private browser session, it is fixed everywhere it needs fixed.
• for non-Google, non-iCloud accounts, you are able to change the password in 
Internet accounts.

Keeping this information in mind, there is no need to delete, then re-add, an 
account when simply changing a password.

Later…

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

> On May 31, 2022, at 00:57, 'Ron S' via MacVisionaries 
> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> 
> Jonathan, thanks for the info. What I can’t understand is how it changed in 
> the last 2 weeks? Yes I can work around by deleting the account and 
> subsequently adding the account again if I need to update a setting, but this 
> is a long way around a change of password  for each account for example. Ron.
> 
> 
>> On 30 May 2022, at 23:12, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> For the past three years the best interface to control Mail Account settings 
>> has been the "Internet Accounts" in System Settings. The Accounts tab in 
>> Mail settings is there for some   specialized purposes and historic reasons. 
>> In fat, it seems from the "help" dialogs that it is just reflecting 
>> information from the Internet Settings of System Preferences.
>> For Google accounts, one needs to go through the system preferences because 
>> it creates a secure certificate for the computer which is essentially a more 
>> secure version of the application password you have been using.
>> After you  enter the username of the account in System Settings, it will 
>> launch a private instance of the Safari browser for you to enter the Google 
>> password. Once confirmed in the browser, then mail, notes, contacts and 
>> calendar can applications can link to the equivalent Google services for 
>> viewing and editing.
>> 
>>              Best wishes,
>> 
>> Jonathan Cohn
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 30, 2022, at 17:27, 'Ron S' via MacVisionaries 
>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi John, I’m going through Mail preferences.. This is where I previously 
>>> changed any mil settings such as login password etc. after selecting 
>>> ’server settings’. They were there 2 weeks ago when I updated a password 
>>> for one of the  accounts.Thanks Ron.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 30 May 2022, at 16:58, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Are you going through System preferences Internet Accounts or Mail 
>>>> preferences? I don’t see server settings when I look at my Internet 
>>>> Accounts, but have that tab available to me in Mail Preferences for each 
>>>> of my accounts. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 30, 2022, at 4:32 AM, 'Ron S' via MacVisionaries 
>>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Brad, I did that, entered the account details etc.  and as soon as I 
>>>>> go  to the internet accounts , choose the new one, click server settings 
>>>>> again, no server settings are shown!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 29 May 2022, at 14:07, Brad Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> My suggestion is to go to System Preferences > Internet Accounts, and 
>>>>>> delete the account, or accounts, that are having an issue.  Then, 
>>>>>> recreate the account, and enter the necessary information.  
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> - Brad -
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On May 29, 2022, at 05:16, 'Ron' via MacVisionaries 
>>>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi there, I went to enter a App Specific Password into my Mac Mail  
>>>>>> Gmail account server settings only to find they are no longer visable. 
>>>>>> In fact all the mail account server settings have gone except for  an 
>>>>>> Outlook account. They were visable 2 weeks ago as I updated the password 
>>>>>> on one of them and it was straight forward. Looking online
>>>>>> there seems to have been various problems similar over the years. I have 
>>>>>> been unable to find a way of resolving this problem. Does anyone have 
>>>>>> any idea’s? 
>>>>>> I am fairly new to computing , so any simple instructions would be 
>>>>>> appreciated. Many thanks in advance, Ron.
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