My Mail 2.1.3 quit working. It won't accept a password I know is right.

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My Mail 2.1.3 quit working. It won't accept a password I know is right.

I have a Dual 2ghz PowerPC G5. I'm positive the password is correct because I enter it all the time in my other mac hardware/applications. I tried deleting the mail account them re-adding it, it still rejects my password. I can't update any of my software (nothing is available). I've tried restarting the computer.

Safari still works. All my other apps still work. I selected PowerMac as the product on the pulldown menu, I hope that's the same as PowerPC. My OS is 10.4.11

Anyone have any ideas?

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Mail 2.3.1(753.1)

Posted on May 1, 2012 7:51 PM

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BDAqua

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May 2, 2012 3:43 PM in response to Gilmartini

Hi, is this MobileMe or ,mac perchance?

I think they're slowing nudging people to the fact that MobilMe & .mac is going away shortly in favor of iCloudinees! 😟

Get an iCloud account first.

MobileMe & dot Mac will still work last I heard.

iCloud Mail setup, even in 10.4/10.5…

Don't delete your old account yet. Just setup a new one in Mail>Preferences>Accounts, little plus icon. Choose IMAP as account type, not ,mac or MobileMe.

IMAP (Incoming Mail Server) information:

Server name: imap.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 993
Username: example@me.com (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password

SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:

Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 587
SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
Username: example@me.com (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password

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