Bug 328330

Summary:	mail accounts for sending and receiving should be able to share the password
Product:	[Applications] kmail2	Reporter:	Frederik Gladhorn <gladhorn>
Component:	config dialog	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	stakanov
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.7.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Frederik Gladhorn 2013-12-02 14:36:58 UTC

I update my email password in regular intervals.
Whenever I update it, I need to change the password for sending, receiving and ldap.
It would be great if there was a way to let kmail know that the accounts are connected and should all be updated simultaneously. I guess it is that way for 99% of the users.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 stakanov 2018-11-16 09:01:05 UTC

I can confirm this bug for Kmail 5.7.3
Plasma 5.12.6
Frameworks 5.45.0
QT 5.9.4

I consider this a bug because:
When you have a POP3 account and you e.g. loose your password, after the 
password reset, a new password is asked when you check for mail (as the first 
try obviously is not successful). This is good, because it makes it easy for 
the user to change the password. When the user changes the POP password the 
coresponding(!) SMTP password is however NOT updated. 

As also the error message is wrong, talking about a server error, this will lead to unnecessary helpdesk calls. 
It is also possible, if more accounts change passwords in the same time, that this will create considerable confusion with the user, after the change. 

What the software does: treats pop3 / smtp accounts of the same server with the same password as separate entities. 

What the software should do, after changing the POP password (or IMAP password) the software should ask if it shall adapt the password of the SMTP account too, especially if it is set as default smtp account for that user and requires authentication.