Re: [Evolution] Evolution does not prompt for new password

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

Try actions->forget passwords.

Could you file a bug about this on bugzilla.ximian.com also, the detail below should suffice.  Not sure why it would be dropping the failed authentication.

 Michael

On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 21:55 +0100, Stefan Rijnhart wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There is a problem with my Evolution 2.0.3 on Mandrake 10.1 Official (upgrade 
> from 10.0). My password has been reset for one of my accounts by my provider, 
> so I would really like Evolution to prompt me to enter the new password. 
> Instead, Evolution just shows the "send & receive mail" dialog, saying 
> "waiting" for a few seconds, after which it disappears. Meanwhile, ethereal 
> shows what happens:
>
> Response: +OK POP3 server ready
> Request: CAPA
> Response: +OK Capability list follows
> Request: USER myusername
> Response: +OK User name accepted, password please
> Requst: PASS myoldpassword
> Respones: -ERR Bad login
> Request: CAPA
> Response: +OK Capability list follows
> Request: LIST
> Response: -ERR Unknown AUTHORIZATION state command
> Request: UIDL
> Response: -ERR Unknown AUTHORIZATION state command
> Request: QUIT
> Response: +OK Sayonara
>
> Small relevant excerpt from CAMEL_DEBUG:
>
> CamelException.setv(0x8a8a7f0, 304, 'Unable to connect to POP server 
> mymailserver.
> Error sending password: -ERR Bad login')
> POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6):
> LIST
>
> Authentication type of the account is set to "password".
>
> Does anyone know why Evolution drops the error? Is there a 
> practical workaround for this? Note that I have already tried removing the 
> account and re-adding it in the account settings.
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> Stefan Rijnhart
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