DICK HOFFMAN wrote:
> On 4/24/2017 8:47 AM, DICK HOFFMAN wrote:
>> On 4/22/2017 7:22 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote:
>>> DICK HOFFMAN wrote:
>>>> On 4/22/2017 6:23 PM, DICK HOFFMAN wrote:
>>>>> On 4/22/2017 6:16 PM, DICK HOFFMAN wrote:
>>>>>> On 4/22/2017 5:42 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote:
>>>>>>> DICK HOFFMAN wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 4/22/2017 2:36 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 4/22/2017 11:22 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> DICK HOFFMAN wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> There is probably a simple answer to this but I can't find it.
>>>>>>>>>>> Several
>>>>>>>>>>> months ago after I "upgraded" to Windows 10 I noticed that
>>>>>>>>>>> SeaMonkey
>>>>>>>>>>> (probably started in rel 2.45 but continuing in 2.46) was no
>>>>>>>>>>> longer
>>>>>>>>>>> prompting me for the password for my primary email account.
>>>>>>>>>>> When I
>>>>>>>>>>> started up SM mail it had apparently saved my password and was
>>>>>>>>>>> providing
>>>>>>>>>>> it automatically. Today, it has reverted back to my previous
>>>>>>>>>>> experience
>>>>>>>>>>> where it asks for a password every time before contacting my ISP.
>>>>>>>>>>> Any
>>>>>>>>>>> ideas on how I got it to remember my password and then how I got
>>>>>>>>>>> it to
>>>>>>>>>>> forget it would be appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>>> Dick
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Edit > Preferences... > Security & Passwords
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> checkbox: Remember passwords
>>>>>>>>>> button: Manage Stored Passwords
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For some still unknown reason, such binary settings are sometimes
>>>>>>>>> lost.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When I encounter this problem with Thunderbird, however, it usually
>>>>>>>>> results from a failure in the E-mail server's authentication
>>>>>>>>> process.
>>>>>>>>> The failure to authenticate then sometimes causes Thunderbird to
>>>>>>>>> delete
>>>>>>>>> the credentials (ID and password). This situation might also
>>>>>>>>> exist in
>>>>>>>>> SeaMonkey's MailNews component, which substantially replicates the
>>>>>>>>> same
>>>>>>>>> Thunderbird component.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I looked at this option in Password Manager. As far as I can tell,
>>>>>>>> I've always
>>>>>>>> had "Remember passwords" checked. Checking and unchecking this
>>>>>>>> doesn't have any
>>>>>>>> affect on my mail passwords although it seems to cause the saving or
>>>>>>>> not saving
>>>>>>>> of passwords needed by sites I go to with the browser portion of SM.
>>>>>>>> I have two
>>>>>>>> other mail accounts that have always required that I enter a
>>>>>>>> password. Any other
>>>>>>>> ideas?
>>>>>>>> Dick
>>>>>>> Under Edit, Mail & Newsgroup Settings, Outgoing Server (SMTP),
>>>>>>> Authentication
>>>>>>> Method should be set to Normal Password. The next time you login, it
>>>>>>> still may
>>>>>>> ask for your password but it will then be saved in the SMTP section.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't see any such option under Edit, Mail & Newsgroup Settings
>>>>>> on my
>>>>>> SM 2.46 system. The only reference to SMTP that I can find is in
>>>>>> Account
>>>>>> Settings for the mail server and that only asks for an outgoing server
>>>>>> name. I'm using POP, BTW.
>>>>>> Dick
>>>>> I spoke too soon. Under "Account Settings" the last item is Outgoing
>>>>> Server and has a line for Authentication. I'll change from "Any secure
>>>>> method" to "Normal Password" and see what happens.
>>>>> Dick
>>>> To change from "Any secure method" to "Normal password" I had to change
>>>> "Connection Security" to either SSL/TLS or STARTTLS. Neither had any
>>>> impact on
>>>> whether or not my password was retained across logins.
>>>> Dick
>>> Bummer. On the extremely remote possibility that your ISP changed the
>>> SMTP
>>> parameters, you might want to check their website to make sure you are
>>> using
>>> their latest. I remember several years ago when typing in my username as
>>> arnie.goetchius was sufficient. One day, the ISP changed the
>>> requirement to such
>>> that I had to change my username to [email protected]
>>>
>> Good idea, Arnie, but there's been no change that I can see. Same
>> settings since the ISP was NETCOM. I've run out of ideas on this one.
>> Dick
> I figured out that this is controlled by the "Password Manager", initiated by
> checking the box for this in the box that requests your password. Once checked
> you will no longer be prompted for your password. It can be turned off via the
> Password Manager under Tools.
> Dick
Good one. Glad it was that simple.
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