Outlook keeps prompting to "Enter Network Password"

Mark it down:  at 7:00 ET Wed 5/20 I was ONCE AGAIN prompted by Outlook to enter my username and password for imap.cox.net.  WHY AGAIN?!?  AND ONCE AGAIN FOR THE NEXT WEEK, OUTLOOK SOAM FILTERS WILL BE USELESS IN BLOCKING THE 6-10 WONDERFUL SPAM EMAILS THAT I GET EVERY MORNING THANKS TO COX DOING NOTHING TO BLOCK SPAM.  NOW I’M BEING KICKED OFF THE IMAP SERVER DO I CAN’T USE OUTLOOK FILTERS TO BLOCK THEM. IT’S ABSOLUTELY HOPELESS!!’