On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 15:00 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > Magnus Boman wrote: > > >> 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. > > > > That would be a very bad thing to do (TM). Reason is that if you're with > > a provide or company with a policy to only allow three (or however many) > > tries before you locked out, and you're also forced to change password > > periodically, guess what's going to happen.... > > Probably better to find out why it fails the first time, unfortunately I > > am not the right person for that job. > > I know why it fails: while I type my master password the remote server > times out, probably because it thinks I'm a human and not a machine. Or > something of the sort. Not important. > > What you say about changing passwords is not a problem at all: we could > change it manually in the configuration instead. I just don't want to be > prompted for the password. I want it to remember the password even if it > fails, and let me decide if I want to type a new password. > > Linux style, not windows style :-P > > Ie, I want the configuration box to have: > > server _______ > login _______ > (*) remember password > password ________ > ( ) prompt for password on failure
How many people out there would understand that? I bet that most would check "Remember password" and they'd be locked out of their system before they know it. Has got NOTHING to do with Windows vs Linux. > > > -- > Cheers, > Carlos E. R. > (from RC1) Cheers, Magnus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
