-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [opensuse] Thunderbird password nuisance. Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:09:58 +1000 From: Basil Chupin To: OS-en References: <46F65E25.5000100@telefonica.net> Carlos E. R. wrote:

Hi,

I have a nuisance in Thunderbird.

When I try to send an email via my provider smtp server, it discovers it needs a password and asks for my master password. I type it, but by this time the smtp session timed out in the server (I guess) and fails.

I try again, and this time Th. asks for my smtp password and whether I want to keep it. Why? He already knows that! This is a nuisance, because I use random passwords difficult to remember and have look it up.

Is there a way to make Thunderbird remember my password for ever and not ask for it again, even if it fails? I want to be able to enter the password in the configuration, not as a pop up when I want to send or receive. I do not want to be asked again if it fails, because once configured the password it keeps being correct.

Let's see if I can (possibly) clear things up here. Everytime you call your ISP for mail TB has to send your username and the password you use for that account. Occasionally, things go bad at the ISP end and when a connection is made you are asked to send the password - it's happened to me a number of times so I don't worry about now. Now, when you are asked if you want to STORE/REMEMBER the password, it is TB which is asking this question so that it can automacally send it on the next logo-on. But in order for this to occur you have to select/tick the option to always remember this password and to store it (in TB) - if you don't then you will have to type the pswd at the next (and subsequent) log-on. The password(s) which TB uses are stored in Edit/Preferences/Privacy/Passwords and there is an option to Edit Saved Passwords. Here you will also find the Master Password, which I don't bother with but your mileage may vary. Cheers. -- Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. -- Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org