Re: [Evolution] Evolution "forgot" my password

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 08:50, Mertens Bram wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been using Evolution for a couple of weeks now. I've set my meil
> settings so that Evolution "remembers" my password, so I can press F9 or
> the "Send/Receive" button to check my mail.
>
> Just a couple of minutes ago though I got a pop-up asking for my
> password, after typing the password, retrieving the new messages
> appeared to take longer than usual (there was only 1 new message), so I
> pressed the "cancel all" button and tried again.
>
> I was again asked for my password but this time retrieving the message
> went as fast as usual.
>
> I am having some problems with my ADSL connection (it gets disconnected
> from time to time but usually reconnects fine), so I was wondering if
> this is a security function or a bug or a problem with my provider?

Probably because authenticating to the POP server failed (and if it
fails, we assume bad password -  so we re-prompt).

anyways, in development CVS we try to be smarter about it, but there is
still no guarentee.

Jeff

> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> p.s. while typing the message I was again asked for my password (I have
> the auto-retrieve function enabled)
>
> I'm using RH7.3 and evolution 1.0.3 (I have downloaded the 1.0.8 version
> but haven't installed it yet)
>
>
> TIA
>
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