On 05/28/2014 06:16 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2014-05-28 at 13:07 +0200, Peter Von Kaehne wrote: >> Now, I do not expect that Evolution solves this particular problem. > The asking for a password again and again issue is only caused by > Evolution, other MUAs don't ask again and again. Sure, a server might > claim, "the password or something else fails", so the issue isn't caused > by Evolution, anyway, other MUAs care that the user has got much > comfort. This PITA is a PITA caused by Evolution! It's possible to > handle this issue much smarter, as quasi all other MUAs I know do. >
Yes. I suspect Evolution is doing something like: - Socket connect success - Start authentication - Authentication fails for any reason including a network error - Report authentication error - Oh no, password must be wrong! _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
