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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Bug#6957: forgetting passwords
From:       Don Sanders <don () sanders ! org>
Date:       2000-07-31 10:00:38
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On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, wr@poboxes.com wrote:
> Package: kmail
> Version: 1.1.61 (KDE 1.92 Beta >= 20000720)
> Severity: wishlist
>
> one of my mail servers very often reports an authentication failure. I just
> try again right away, and then it works again. However kmail assumes the
> password was really wrong and forgets it meaning I have to reenter it very
> often.
>
> I could imagine a question "the password was not accepted. Try same
> password again ?"
>
> and a checkbox "Never ask this again"

Can't really do this because of the freeze on strings. Wouldn't really want 
to anyway as I don't like this kind of never ask again check box, it's bad 
design.

Would it be ok to show the password dialog after every authentication failure 
but have the password default to the value used in the previous attempt 
(instead of being empty)?

> BTW this is one of the biggest mail servers in Switzerland, and I often
> check from abroad. No way of getting them to change anything.

BFN,
Don.

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