450169 - Password not asked again once wrong password has been entered

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 428611

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Agnes]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.15
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.17pre (20080811)

I use thunderbird to get mail from a pop3 account.
When thunderbird is started, it automatically checks for new mail and I get the password prompt. If I enter a wrong password, there is no error message and no new password prompt. The main window just hangs with the message: "Connect: Host contacted, sending login information". To unlock it, I must restart TB and enter the correct password.
If I asked TB to remember the wrong password, the same happens, and I have to go to the Privacy options, remove the saved password and restart TB to get the password prompt.
Some kind of error pop-up would be helpful. The best would be to prompt for the password again.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start TB
2.Get Mail
3.Enter a wrong password
Actual Results:  
Mail not retreived from server.
Main window shows the "Connect: Host contacted, sending login information" message

Expected Results:  
Some error message indicating the problem is/could be linked to a bad password.
Prompt again for the password if possible.

Comment 1

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

This is a dupe of something, IIRC...

Comment 2

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

Dup of Bug 428611. See also Bug 429069 for phenomenon with different command for login, upon similar situation(wrong password + RFC violation by POP3 server).

Comment 4

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

Cleanup *dupeme* whiteboard flag from bugs that are marked as Resolved Duplicate!