Re: [Evolution] IMAP Suggestions: shortcuts and password popup

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On 27 Mar 2001 16:42:14 +0000, dan hensley att net wrote:
> I thought I'd pass on my ideas for how I'd ideally like
> to see Evolution work with shortcuts and the password
> popup.
>
> Currently if you have an IMAP account, and you don't save
> the password, if you had accessed that account in the
> previous session, it will prompt you for the password
> when you start Evolution again (and then of course bury
> the dialog with the main window :).  The reason I don't
> store my password is that I don't always want to check
> that account.  I'd much prefer that Evolution never ask
> me for my password unless I explicitly try to access that
> account.


Well it should only access it if it was the last folder you had open
when you quit.  There is a bug posted for a configurable 'inbox' feature
(i.e. it always opens on inbox), but these seem opposing goals, and i
guess someone thought it was a good idea to remember your last mailbox.

> The second problem is that shortcuts for this IMAP
> account never appear.  I would much rather that they
> always appear, and then if you select the shortcut, it
> will first ask for your password, then continue.


There's definetly a bug posted for this one (561 or something i dunno
its pretty old).

 !Z