password problem with 10.4.11 (Eudora 6.2.4)

I'm relatively new to OSX, slowly learning it, and migrating from a beige G3/OS9. I used Eudora 6.1 on the old Mac, installed 6.2.4 on this iBook, and got it configured to work. I discovered a problem with how I installed Tiger, and it necessitated a full re-install of everything.

Now, when I try to send email from Eudora, the system asks for my password. Twice. It asks for a password for my email account. Then the system asks for my keychain password ("login", login.keychain, Eudora). It responds with an "invalid password" error message.

I'm stuck, and don't understand OSX enough to solve this. I can't find any way of uncovering some other password log within OSX, or a thread on this discussion about this.

I'd like to solve this today, keeping Eudora for all my old email archives, then switch tomorrow to Mac Mail moving forward. Thanks for your help!

iBook 1.42GHz G4 (768MB, Superdrive), LaserWriter 360 Select/AsanteTalk, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Dec 31, 2008 3:41 PM

18 replies

BDAqua

Level 10

250,259 points

Jan 5, 2009 12:48 PM in response to Ric Lobosco

Do I do something else now?

I think we're done for that part.

What do I do with com.apple.security.plist?

You can trash that one on the Desktop now. You have a new one.

How often does some corruption like this happen with OSX???

Depends on so many things, but imho, far too often, in fact I'd venture to say that 99.9%+ of all problems here are due to this/that.

It just takes one bit being off in the Centillions passing through our Comps every minute for something to possibly go awry.

On the Comcast PW thing... is it 8 or more charachters... think I read they changed something there, not sure though.

Ric Lobosco Author

Level 1

125 points

Jan 6, 2009 5:51 PM in response to BDAqua

I recontacted Comcast, but as usual, after over an hour even their supervisor doesn't understand anything that isn't a predigested answer to documented question. And a different answer than what others there have told me.

They're mailing us a PIN so we can ask them to reset the password, and hopefully then address the block they place on my outgoing and incoming email...

In the meantime, they had me change settings in Mail, and now it won't work at all. (I had found a way to rig it to ignore Authentication, and could send and receive, altho a Comcast "tech" told me that eventually that would be blocked, too.)

Once I configured it in the way they want me to, so I can get Comcast email (who cares?!?!?!), I could no longer get MY email. I tried to go back to the other settings, even deleting the "Account" I created for Comcast, and it refuses to let me do anything without their password (which no one here in the house actually has). I have no idea if there's a problem now in my iBook, or how I erase the settings that seem to be lurking in the shadows.

In the process, ALL the mail I've sent and received in Mail has completely disappeared!!! I'm fortunate in that I didn't delete it off the server yet, but all the outgoing email is now apparently lost, and that *****!

I'd REALLY like to get this problem fixed this month, after working on this mess for 3 months. I'm afraid I may have to get my own (non-Comcast) high-speed account, and that may not even work out. And there's certainly no one at Comcast to complain to.

I'm starting to seriously regret giving up my old G3 and OS9!

BDAqua

Level 10

250,259 points

Jan 6, 2009 6:17 PM in response to Ric Lobosco

Have we tried this yet?

Move these files to the Desktop.

/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail

Move to the Desktop...

/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/Envelope Index

Reboot.

You can always move them back if it doesn't help.

I'm afraid I may have to get my own (non-Comcast) high-speed account, and that may not even work out.

For reliable eMail?

For $5 a month you could get a dial-up account with...

* 5 email accounts including webmail
* Customizable spam blocking - Details
* Virus blocking
* 50 MB of personal web space
* Separate RSS/Blogging for each email
* Web File and Photo Sharing
* All digital connections up to 56K
* Unlimited and untimed access.
* 100% satisfaction guarantee.

And use their Mail Servers over Comcast High Speed.

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