How do I stop TBird v46 from asking for my password each time I open it?
I've recently changed web hosts and have set up the new email accounts on TBird v46 - the latest available for 2 old iMacs running 10.6 The setups were done automatically because for some reason I couldn't do a manual setup. On Computer A, TB opens fine without asking for the password each time. On Computer B, TB asks for the password each time and I can't find where I can tell it to remember the password now it is set up. Hope someone can help with this very old version. Thanks
الحل المُختار
Open Preferences/Security/Passwords/Saved Passwords and Remove the passwords. Restart TB and enter the password when prompted, and check the box to save the password. If there's no checkbox, select Preferences/Advanced/General/Config. editor and double-click the pref. signon.rememberSignons to true. If there were no passwords in Saved Passwords, change the preference anyway and restart TB.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Password_not_remembered_-_Thunderbird#No_checkbox_to_remember_passwords
If none of this works, delete these files from the profile folder: logins.json, key4.db and cert9.db (may be signons.sqlite or signons.txt, key3 and cert8 on old versions of TB). Select Help/Troubleshooting Information, click Show in Finder to open the profile folder, close TB before deleting or renaming files.
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how about ticking the remember password option in the dialog asking for the password.
Thanks for the reply Matt, but I can't seem to find where to do this once TBird has been set up. Maybe I have to set up all the email accounts again on the computer with the problem.
الحل المُختار
Open Preferences/Security/Passwords/Saved Passwords and Remove the passwords. Restart TB and enter the password when prompted, and check the box to save the password. If there's no checkbox, select Preferences/Advanced/General/Config. editor and double-click the pref. signon.rememberSignons to true. If there were no passwords in Saved Passwords, change the preference anyway and restart TB.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Password_not_remembered_-_Thunderbird#No_checkbox_to_remember_passwords
If none of this works, delete these files from the profile folder: logins.json, key4.db and cert9.db (may be signons.sqlite or signons.txt, key3 and cert8 on old versions of TB). Select Help/Troubleshooting Information, click Show in Finder to open the profile folder, close TB before deleting or renaming files.