Mail asks for the administrator password every time I want to SEND mail.
It's been happening since I upgraded to Mavericks. It still happens after the upgrade to Yosemite.
Anybody (read Apple) know what;s going on and how to fix it?
MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.4.3)
You imported a mail-signing certificate into the System keychain. It belongs in the login keychain (or the iCloud keychain, if applicable.)
Launch the Keychain Access application and locate the certificate in the System keychain. Drag it into the login or iCloud keychain. You may be prompted twice for the administrator password.
Ah... gpgtools might be the actual culprit. Part of the tool set is PGP/GPGmail That's the only thing I can think of that would have parked a certificate in the keychains. I've been having issues with gpg as well recently.
I think it's time to post over at the gpgtools site and see what they some up with.
Thanks for the hint, Linc. I'll post back if they come up with a solution.
gpgtools was the problem. I removed the app and mail is now behaving properly-- except for the occasional mystery removal of all SMTP server, but I digress.
Thank you Linc. Your answer sent me in the correct direction.
Hi,
I have the same problem...I imported my personal signing certificate into the Login keychain and I deleted the others from the Sistem one.
Mail keeps asking me for my root password 3 or 4 times when I select encrypted messages and a couple of times every time I send an email...
any ideas?
thanks 🙂
Try going to Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access/Preferences/First Aid and make sure the bottom 2 boxes are checked.
They are.
Mail keeps asking for the admin password to send emails
