244728 - NNTP Account Passwords are lost when "Remember Passwords" is switched off

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect)

Description

[Lars Plessmann]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040316
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040316

When I switch off the "remember rassword" function, all the password settings
for the several newsgroups are getting lost!
That does not happen with website passwords. Switching off the "remember
password" function should not delete the stored passwords (saved before).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. switch on the "remember password" function in the preferences
2. enter all your newsgroups (min. 2 newsgroups, I have 4) and the login an
password with "[x] store password in password manager" for each newsgroup when
retieving the messages.
3. restart mozilla and retrieve all the newsgroups again. => you will be not
asked to enter you username and password.
4. remove now the "remember passwored" function in Edit \ Preferences \ Privacy
and Security \ Passwords
5. Restart mozilla
6. Try to retrieve new newsgroups. Now you will be asked for your username and
password, because it's lost be removing the "remember password" function.

This does not happen with website forms!
I don't like to be asked every time I fill a form on a website, if the password
has to be stored. So I don't like the "remember password" function to be
switched on all the time.
Actual Results:  
Newsgroups Passwords are lost when I switch off the "rememeber password"
function in Edit \ Preferences \ Privacy and Security \ Passwords

Expected Results:  
When I switch the function off, all the already stored passwords should be left
as is and be used if available.
That works with websites, but not with several newsgroups within one accout.

I'd appreciate a sepperate store password function for mails and newsgroups.
the store passwords function in Edit \ Preferences \ Privacy and Security \
Passwords should be only for websites. 
But I'm not a planner :)

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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