On 11/21/2020 11:23 AM, NFN Smith wrote: > This one may be a little bit of a personal quirk, but my handling of > email going to my work account and primary personal account is done > where I let the Seamonkey password manager remember my password for SMTP > and LDAP access, but where I don't allow it to remember for POP access. > To me, because I have complex passwords, it's useful to have to enter > those regularly, as a way of ensuring that I never forget them -- and > there are occasions where it is useful to know that I have them > memorized, without having to rely on my external password manager. > > I'm used to the idea that a password needs to be entered once per > session, and since I have Seamonkey open all day, entering those > passwords once per day is an acceptable intrusion, if I don't have need > to restart Seamonkey. > > However, I'm seeing that after a few hours open, Seamonkey seems to be > forgetting the entered passwords, and where I have to manually re-enter > to check for new mail. I just upgraded to 2.53.5.1 it's still > happening. I haven't watched closely, but this seems to have started > happening since 2.53.4. Is there some change to Seamonkey that would > cause the difference in handling? > > I checked my server settings, and I have one set to check for new > messages every 15 minutes and the other every 30 minutes. I've > experimented with lowering both to 5 minute intervals, and I'm still > seeing the same effect. I'm not sure how frequently I have to re-enter > passwords, but over the course of about 9 hours, I have to re-enter at > least twice. > > Should I just accept things, and let Seamonkey remember my POP passwords? > > Smith >
I was having a similar problem but with Thunderbird. It turned out that the problem was NOT in Thunderbird but in the authentication software in the ISP's mail server. Have you tried contacting your ISP about this? -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> I just do not understand why so many people think a sore looser makes a great President. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
