[sonneti]

Double check you have the right servers listed, should be something like pop.your-mail-provider.com or mail.your-mail-provider.com

If you aren't sure if the password is correst there is a program called Snadboys Revelation which you could use to read the *'d out password. I'm not entirely sure if it's 100% safe though, I've used it a number of times without any complications. Make sure your firewall blocks its access to the internet for some added safety.