Bug 93183

Summary:	almost always asking for password
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Edwin Schepers <yez>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	julian
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	1.7.50
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Edwin Schepers 2004-11-12 21:07:19 UTC

Version:           1.7.50 (using KDE 3.3.89 (CVS >= 20041104), compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.2 20031022 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.2-1)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl

Hi,
Every time I start kmail, it's asking me for passwords for my accounts when getting mail. This, while I have the option to store the password in configuration file checked on.

Regards,
Edwin

Comment 1 Edwin Schepers 2004-11-13 16:00:23 UTC

When kmail dies unexpectedly, this checkbox is (sometimes?) unset. Then, I have have to type my password again.

Comment 2 Volker Krause 2005-01-07 13:19:05 UTC

Is KWallet enabled on your system? In case you don't use KWallet this is a 
duplicate of #93789 (fix just send to kmail-devel). In case you use KWallet, 
could you please look into the wallet and see if the password is stored there?

Comment 3 Volker Krause 2005-01-07 17:03:06 UTC

CVS commit by vkrause: 

Fix password storage in configuration file.
The user will now be asked once per account if [s]he would like to store the password in the (unsafe) configuration file instead of KWallet (no more message box spam) and - most important - the password is now really stored.

Reviewed by Ingo Kloecker.

BUG: 92932, 93789
CCBUG: 93183, 95615


  M +22 -2     accountdialog.cpp   1.159
  M +52 -22    kmtransport.cpp   1.47
  M +1 -1      kmtransport.h   1.13
  M +41 -12    networkaccount.cpp   1.15
  M +1 -1      networkaccount.h   1.9

Comment 4 Edwin Schepers 2005-01-07 20:31:55 UTC

Hi Volker,
No I don't use KWallet. Thanks for the patch.

Comment 5 Tom Albers 2005-01-07 21:12:48 UTC

*** Bug has been marked as fixed ***.

Comment 6 Janet 2005-06-15 02:03:24 UTC

> The user will now be asked once per account if [s]he would like to store the password in the (unsafe) configuration file instead of KWallet (no more message box spam)

Well, alas I have a similar behaviour with KDE 3.4.1: *every* time I quit kmail I am urged for every of my email accounts to confirm that I really want to save the password in the config file (something like: kwallet is not available, are you sure you want to...).

Comment 7 Julian Mehnle 2007-08-13 12:01:34 UTC

I do have the same remaining problem as Janet.  KMail asks me (in several dialogs on each occasion) whether I want to store passwords in the config file (not using KWallet here), e.g. when I close KMail, but also sometimes when editing configuration options (not necessarily related to account passwords).

It's pretty annoying.