DICK HOFFMAN wrote:
> On 4/22/2017 2:36 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
>> On 4/22/2017 11:22 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>> DICK HOFFMAN wrote:
>>>> There is probably a simple answer to this but I can't find it. Several
>>>> months ago after I "upgraded" to Windows 10 I noticed that SeaMonkey
>>>> (probably started in rel 2.45 but continuing in 2.46) was no longer
>>>> prompting me for the password for my primary email account. When I
>>>> started up SM mail it had apparently saved my password and was providing
>>>> it automatically. Today, it has reverted back to my previous experience
>>>> where it asks for a password every time before contacting my ISP. Any
>>>> ideas on how I got it to remember my password and then how I got it to
>>>> forget it would be appreciated.
>>>> Dick
>>>
>>> Edit > Preferences... > Security & Passwords
>>>
>>> checkbox: Remember passwords
>>> button: Manage Stored Passwords
>>>
>>
>> For some still unknown reason, such binary settings are sometimes lost.
>>
>> When I encounter this problem with Thunderbird, however, it usually
>> results from a failure in the E-mail server's authentication process.
>> The failure to authenticate then sometimes causes Thunderbird to delete
>> the credentials (ID and password). This situation might also exist in
>> SeaMonkey's MailNews component, which substantially replicates the same
>> Thunderbird component.
>>
>
> I looked at this option in Password Manager. As far as I can tell, I've always
> had "Remember passwords" checked. Checking and unchecking this doesn't have
> any
> affect on my mail passwords although it seems to cause the saving or not
> saving
> of passwords needed by sites I go to with the browser portion of SM. I have
> two
> other mail accounts that have always required that I enter a password. Any
> other
> ideas?
> Dick
Under Edit, Mail & Newsgroup Settings, Outgoing Server (SMTP), Authentication
Method should be set to Normal Password. The next time you login, it still may
ask for your password but it will then be saved in the SMTP section.
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