On 24/02/2021 19.12, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/24/21 8:44 AM, James Knott wrote:
On 2021-02-24 12:27 a.m., Doug McGarrett wrote:
Using Thunderbird for email. Is the password it requires a function of Thunderbird or of the internet supplier? It is becoming obnoxious and since I have only a dog in my house with me, I really don't need the damn password for email, and If I could eliminate it, I would. (And if so, how?) --doug It's your email provider that requires it. You can tell Thunderbird to remember the password. Of course, your dog will have to do that too. ;-) Very interesting. I have been considering some kind of wallet app. It looks like TB can do that. Is it safe for apps other than email? (I don't do any banking on the net, but I order stuff with my credit card.) 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
On 2/24/21 1:50 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: 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? 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? Please explain. Thanx for your interest--doug
Firefox does the same thing, again with the passwords it uses on web pages.
It is reasonable safe.