On 2/25/21 6:23 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 25/02/2021 07.52, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/24/21 1:50 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 24/02/2021 19.12, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Thunderbird only stores in its "wallet" the passwords it uses for the email Thunderbird handles. Under Edit--Passwords in Thunderbird, it says, "Thunderbird can remember passwords for all of your accounts. A Master Password protects all your passwords, but your must enter it once per session."
I'm not understanding this--"all" my passwords. There is only one password to receive or send email, altho I have been pestered to reenter the email password almost every time I want to send an email. This is recent behavior, and it's what brought on this thread. Or is it actually trying to be a wallet for the system? Thunderbird should remember the password for receiving and sending email, and yes, you should enter a master password for Thunderbird itself. It should ask for it only once, when you start Thunderbird.
And if it is, does that mean I have to leave email open all the time in order to provide a password on Firefox, for example? Firefox is Firefox, not Thunderbird, so of course Thunderbird does not keep the passwords for Firefox, nor for anything else.
OK! I'm trying the master p/w on Thunderbird, and we'll see if it stops asking all the time. I don't know how closely T/B and Firefox are related, so I wondered. Thanx. --doug