Hi Ronni Sorry but I don't know the password for my mail account. It was set up four years ago. I could assume it's the same as my login password but no guarantee, so not sure if I should still go ahead with your latest suggestion.
I feel rather stupid about all this given that I'm not conscious of what I did to cause the problem!! Regards Laura On Thu Jun 24 14:35 , Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> sent: >Hi Laura, >The User ID=501 is you The Owner. Ownership in Mac OS X, and all flavours of >Unix, is based on an account’s user identification number (UID) anda group’s group identification number (GID), not on the user name and group name you see in the Info window or other folder listings. Those names are for our convenience; the computer cares only about the numeric identifiers. >Don't change "Access Control"! >Laura, you need to know the password for your Mail Account … do you know it?It >is the password you have entered when you setup your email account. Mail > Preferences > Accounts - iiNet POP - Account Information - Incoming Mail Server: mail.iinet.com.au Password: …….. >If you know your mail account password (as my following instructions are going >to delete it from your Keychain login)1. Quit Mail >2. Choose Keychain Access > Keychain First Aid. > >3.Click the Repair radio button, enter your administrator password, and click >Start. > >Then open Mail, if Mail still asks for the Mail account password. >1. Return to Keychain Access, select your Login Keychain >2. Locate your mail server in the list (mail.iinet.com.au), select it, and >click Delete. > >The next time you check your email, you’ll be prompted for your password; >enter it, select Remember This Password in My Keychain, and click OK. > >Cheers,Ronni > >On 24/06/2010, at 2:00 PM, el...@iinet.net.au wrote: >Hi Ronni > >Yes that is correct, I used my normal login password for the verification but >if I use it when asked for >"login"keychain password I get the message that the password is invalid. > >In "Access Control" I tried deselecting "confirm before allowing access" and >instead chose "allow all applications >to access this item" so that access to Mail is not restricted. If I then >select "save changes" I am again asked for >the password, and again when I enter my normal login password I am told it is >invalid. > >I don't know what the (user ID=501) means, it's not something I recognise. > >This is the result of the verification. > >Regards >Laura > >Verification started >Checking keychain configuration for eljay (user ID=501) >Home directory is /Users/eljay >Checked login keychain >Checked default keychain >Checked keychain search list >Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain >Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/Microsoft_Intermediate_Certificates >No problems found >Verification completed > > >On Thu Jun 24 13:41 , Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> sent: > > >Hi Laura, > >You say below that you did 'Verify' your login keychain … You had to type in >your Administrator(User Account) >password to allow you to do that? > >If you never set a different password for your Keychain 'login', the password >is your Administrator password. > >Cheers, >Ronni > >On 24/06/2010, at 1:21 PM, el...@iinet.net.au wrote: > > >Hi Ronni > >Thanks for that but still no joy. I've followed the steps you mention but when >I select "show password" I am >asked for my keychain login password. The only password I know is my main >login password and when I >insert >that I get a message saying it is invalid. Is there a separate admin password? > >I did the verify process and no problems were found. > >All I had done was open Keychain Access, looked at what was there, decided I >did not understand it and left >the >site, so still can't work out what has caused the problem. > >Kind regards >Laura > >On Thu Jun 24 12:35 , Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com> sent: > > >On 24/06/2010, at 11:46 AM, Laura Webb wrote: >Hi Ronni > >When you recently responded to a query and indicated how you use Keychain I >decided I should have a >look at >whether I should be doing likewise. I didn't get very far, was not sure what >to do so just left it alone. > >At least that's what I thought I had done but now I am locked out of Mail and >am constantly asked for a >password. The only password I know to use is my Login password which is not >accepted. I've tried clicking >on >the closed padlock but that has no effect. I've followed the steps in Mail >Help but still cannot get anywhere. > >Please can you tell me what I have done to cause this problem. The only way I >can access Mail is to go >through >my ISP and webmail. > >Kind regards >Laura > >MacBook 10.6.4 > >Hi Laura, >Without knowing exactly what you did in your Login Keychain, it is very >difficult to advise you.A couple of >things to try: >A)1. Open Keychain Access: >2. Click 'Login' (under Keychains in the left column) >3. Then in the right column, scroll down to you find an entry for your Mail >account.It will be something like >'mail.iinet.com.au' >4. double click on the icon beside it >5. select 'show password' >6. Type in your admin passwordKeychain will then show you your Mail Account >password. > >B). See if you can verify your Keychain. >Open Keychain Access, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications >folder. > >1.. Open Keychain Access > >2.. Choose Keychain Access > Keychain First Aid. > >3. Enter your user name and password. > >4. Select Verify and click Start. Any problems found will be displayed. > >If there are problems, select Repair, and then click Start. > > > >Cheers, >Ronni > >17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i72.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA >Drive @ 7200rpm >OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard >Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
