stop asking for password
When sending an email I am repeatedly asked for a password. I have looked at the answer to others, however when I open the TOOL tab, there is no option of account settings. I assume the tools menu is the one at the top of the screen.? If this is not the case, could someone walk me through the correct steps to resolve this issue.
Thank you..
Rod
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The keyring is a standard Linux thing. The idea is you have one safe place to store all your logins. It doesn't seem to work with Thunderbird (or Firefox). It generally takes the same user account password that you'd use when you log in to Ubuntu.
I get multiple prompts in Thunderbird itself for my various email account and calendar passwords. I use the Startup Master add-on to fix this.
Password management generally seems to be messy. Your OS, your browsers and your email clients will all offer to manage passwords for you. You might also use a utility such as keeppass or last pass, but none of these seems able to cover all the eventualities.
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are you ticking the box to remember the password in the dialog asking for the password?
Matt said
are you ticking the box to remember the password in the dialog asking for the password?
Not to my knowledge... sorry about the delay, we have been hooked onto the NBN and nothing is working properly at the moment. It now asks for a password at boot up. Rod
When it asks for password: enter the password select the checkbox 'Use Password Manager to remember password' click on OK
Hello Toad-Hall, thank you for your answer, unfortunately the problem has gone a little deeper. When Linux Ubuntu 16.04lts first boots, I am asked for a password. I have the password but it should never ask for this as I have saved it once before. However, there is no option to save this password now, it is just enter the password and bang, it logs in. Also, a different problem if I am allowed to ask here.... When I try to open your answer, I get a message asking to: "Unlock Login Key ring". Since I never put this thing on my computer, I have absolutely no idea where it came from. I get past this by clicking Cancel 3 or 4 times then it does what I wanted. Any ideas..?
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The keyring is a standard Linux thing. The idea is you have one safe place to store all your logins. It doesn't seem to work with Thunderbird (or Firefox). It generally takes the same user account password that you'd use when you log in to Ubuntu.
I get multiple prompts in Thunderbird itself for my various email account and calendar passwords. I use the Startup Master add-on to fix this.
Password management generally seems to be messy. Your OS, your browsers and your email clients will all offer to manage passwords for you. You might also use a utility such as keeppass or last pass, but none of these seems able to cover all the eventualities.