272692 - no option to save account passwords in linux version of Thunderbird 1.0RC1

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[nelph0nd]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; chrome://navigator/locale/navigator.properties; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; chrome://navigator/locale/navigator.properties; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

There is no way to tell it to remember POP account passwords, so every time I
start Thunderbird, I am prompted for the passwords of all my POP accounts.  It
remembers them for that session without any problems.  

But if I shut Thunderbird down and start it again, it prompts me for my POP
passwords again.  

I'm running Thunderbird 1.0RC1, but 0.9 did this as well.  My platform is
Slackware 9.1.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Thunderbird
2. Enter passwords for POP accounts when prompted
3. Shut down Thunderbird
4. Re-start Thunderbird

Actual Results:  
A prompt appears asking for the password for each POP account as it checks each
account.

Expected Results:  
There should be a "remember this password" checkbox or some other function that
enables Thunderbird to remember email account passwords for longer than just one
session.

Comment 1

[Scott MacGregor]

works fine here. I have remember password turned on for all my accounts by
selecting the save password checkbox at the password prompt

Comment 2

[Ben Liu]

The password checkbox is not visible in Thunderbird version 1.0 (20041206).  I
am using Redhat Linux 9 (Shrike).

Comment 3

[Tom Cumming]

I am also getting this bug on Thunderbird 1.0 (20041206) - Mandrake Linux 10.1.
The odd thing is, it is only affecting new pop3 accounts I create - there's one
account I've had set up for ages which the password is saved fine, whereas if I
set up any new ones, it does not let me save the passwords.

The really weird thing is - if I go into edit / preferences / advanced / view
saved passwords - the passwords it keeps prompting me for do seem to have been
saved correctly.

Comment 4

[Tom Cumming]

This bug seemed to go away when I created a new profile, so I have managed to
"adapt" my old profile as a demonstration of this bug - which just pols an
unused Yahoo mail account and refuses to save the password. The only problem is
I cannot upload it, as even Zipped it is 1.3Mb... Is there a way I can upload
this to help diagnosis of the bug?

Thanks.

Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 6

[Tom Cumming]

A while back (as I posted at the time) I managed to isolate a profile which
reproduces this behaviour. I just tried the profile under thunderbird 1.0.6, and
the bug still occurred. However, whether the bug that caused the profile to be
"corrupted" in this way in the first place is still present, I have no idea. I
have not created a new profile for some time so I have no way of telling.

Again, can anyone suggest a way I can upload a 5.6Mb profile folder here?
Hopefully someone might be able to do something useful with it.

Comment 7

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Reporter, does the issue still occur with the latest supported 2.0.0.x / Shredder trunk nightlies?

(1.5.0.x is now end-of-life and the latest supported Thunderbird version 2 is 2.0.0.16)

Comment 8

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of response to the last question. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons why.