mail password settings not showing

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mail password settings not showing

I upgraded to Sierra earlier this week. Today when I changed the password on one of my e-mail accounts I went to the normal mail>perferences>accounts and there is no "password" setting available anymore. I also checked mail>accounts and there is nothing showing there to set the password. As an aside, my IMAP servers are not showing anywhere - only two SMTP servers. Seems to me like something has changed there and I don't know what. Will try to find info on the Sierra FAQs pages but hoping someone can direct me to the correct location. Also checked System Preferences to no avail. Any suggestions?

MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 22, 2016 2:56 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 27, 2016 4:31 PM in response to Dekeoboe

If you click on Server Settings tab you should see a password field. Remember to click out to save after making your change.

If it's an iCloud account, go to System Preferences > iCloud and sign out/in with your Apple ID password.

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Answer 2

lkrupp

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Sep 27, 2016 4:45 PM in response to Dekeoboe

I noticed the same thing. However, after changing my Yahoo password (because of the reported hack) I also noticed that the password change “flowed through” to my Mac and iPhone email without any action on my part. I didn’t have to do a thing. It may have to do with iCloud keychain being enabled.

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Dekeoboe Author

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Sep 27, 2016 4:49 PM in response to dianeoforegon

Thanks - the only thing showing on that tab is the "outgoing mail account" drop down. This appears to only happen on the Yahoo! and iCloud accounts. Is that a keychain "hidden feature" in Sierra that isn't explained on the Support website? Just thinking out loud (kind of).

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Dekeoboe Author

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Sep 27, 2016 4:57 PM in response to lkrupp

Funny thing is I didn't activate iCloud keychain when I did the upgrade - my confirmation text never arrived so I was going to do that later. Gremlins on Sierra Mountain me thinks😁!

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