267461 - "Error getting mail password." when trying to fetch new mails

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

Description

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

This happens with a current cvs trunk build.
When you want to get new mails and press the Get Msgs button, a error with the
text "Error getting mail password." comes up three times (i have three accounts
in this Global Inbox). For these accounts the password is saved. When i try to
get new mails for a account where the password is also saved, but which is not
included in the Global Inbox, it works.

Comment 1

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

I forgot to mention that only for one of these three accounts the password is saved.

Comment 2

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

(In reply to comment #1)
> I forgot to mention that only for one of these three accounts the password is
saved.

Duh, just looked it up again: For NONE of these three accounts the password is
saved.

Comment 3

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Another add: If i delete the saved password for the account which is not
included in the Global Inbox, i also get the error for this account (no password
dialog comes up, just the error). So it seems Global Inbox is not related in any
way here.

Comment 4

[Hiro]

It reproduces also by branch build Thunderbird.
There is no problem in build of version 0.9 (20041102).
Preservation of a password has not been carried out.


Mac OS X 10.3.5
version 0.9 (20041103)

Comment 5

[Hiro]

Attachment: screen shot of error dialog

Comment 6

[David :Bienvenu]

if you look in the password manager, are these passwords encrypted or not? if
you view saved passwords, encrypted passwords will say (encrypted) after the
user name.

Comment 7

[Hiro]

Attachment: Usually, the password prompt displayed

>if you look in the password manager, are these passwords encrypted or not? if
>you view saved passwords, encrypted passwords will say (encrypted) after the
>user name.

Since the password is not saved, a password manager is a blank.
And usually, when getting new mail, the prompt of a screen shot is displayed
only at once.

Comment 8

[David :Bienvenu]

this is a seamonkey build and not thunderbird?

Comment 9

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

(In reply to comment #8)
> this is a seamonkey build and not thunderbird?

Yes, Seamonkey here.

Comment 10

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

another add (next time i do a more proper bug report...): I use POP3 Accounts.

Comment 11

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

This bug here will be fixed as soon as Bug 267367 will be baked out on trunk
and/or MailNews be fixed.

Comment 12

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

fixed with the patch being backed out.