Andrew go to applications >utilities>keychain Access
then in lefthand column at bottom under category click on passwords then in righthand column scroll down till you see your account right click on it select copy password to clipboard and paste in to mail password request box or again right click to account entry in keychain select get info , info box will pop up, tick box lower righthand side- show passport ,enter admin password for computer and it will show you mail account password regards Clive On 24 Aug 2011, at 12:22, andrew lancaster wrote: > Hi. I have several email accounts in mail and my partner has one. Suddenly, > his is playing up and wants a password, which I can't remember but it has > always worked before. > > When I go to preferences and look at the account, the password is shown as a > series of asterisks so presumably is there - but it won't work. I get a > little box asking for the password - which I don't know and can't therefore > put in. > > Any ideas? It seems a shame not to be able to send emails from the account . > (It receives emails just fine) > > Andrew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >
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