Bug 1768121 Comment 13 Edit History

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(In reply to WaltS48 [:walts48] from comment #12)
> I'm more concerned about how do I test it without a dovecot server, how I change the password with Thunderbird not running and my computer switched off?

If your imap provider expires your password and asks you to provide a new one via non-TB means,  this just causes tb to not send the old stored password multiple times causing you to get locked out. You put in the new one provided to you at the TB password prompt that occurs because TB still has the old password stored.
Of course if you put in the wrong password or keep using the expired stored password multiple time, you may still get locked out.

Actually, I didn't test this with the above scenario. I just tested to make sure there was only a single authentication request with a bad password stored at tb startup. This really has nothing to do with dovecot.
(In reply to WaltS48 [:walts48] from comment #12)
> I'm more concerned about how do I test it without a dovecot server, how I change the password with Thunderbird not running and my computer switched off?

If your imap provider expires your password and asks you to provide a new one via non-TB means,  this just causes tb to not send the old stored password as many times causing you to more likely get locked out. You put in the new one provided to you at the TB password prompt that occurs because TB still has the old password stored.
Of course if you put in the wrong password or keep using the expired stored password too many times, you may still get locked out.

Actually, I didn't test this with the above scenario. I just tested to make sure there was only one or two authentication imap commands sent with a bad password stored at tb startup. This really has nothing to do with dovecot.
(In reply to WaltS48 [:walts48] from comment #12)
> I'm more concerned about how do I test it without a dovecot server, how I change the password with Thunderbird not running and my computer switched off?

If your imap provider expires your password and asks you to provide a new one via non-TB means,  this just causes tb to not send the old stored password as many times causing you to more likely get locked out. You put in the new one provided to you at the TB password prompt that occurs because TB still has the old password stored and it failed when it was sent.
Of course if you put in the wrong password or keep using the expired stored password too many times, you may still get locked out.

Actually, I didn't test this with the above scenario. I just tested to make sure there was only one or two authentication imap commands sent with a bad password stored at tb startup. This really has nothing to do with dovecot.

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