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Where do I enter a password to mail accounts

Trying to send an email...error message says to enter a password in mail account settings...where does password go?

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), compatible with linksys router

Posted on Jan 31, 2013 1:10 PM

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Jan 31, 2013 1:29 PM in response to nancyfromoverland park

You can go into Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and then select the account on the right-hand side of that screen. If it's an IMAP based account then tap on your id on the popup that you get and you'll get a screen where you can type your password for incoming mail, for setting a password for outgoing email you need to then tap on the SMTP setting ; for a POP based account you should get the password setting for incoming email on the first screen, and again go into SMTP to set it for outgoing

Where do I enter a password to mail accounts

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