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Thunderbird Password
This is a new Win XP install.
This is a new Thunderbird install. I have four GMail and one Outlook account all imap. Why does it take entering the Master Password three times to get it allow access ? I carefully enter the correct Master Password each time ! Why doesn't TBird allow seeing the password I type as an option ? Most all other apps have that feature. Stupid on their part. |
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FreeMan wrote:
This is a new Win XP install. Win7 ng removed in reply. If you want to pose the question in another newsgroup, I suggest on the news.mozilla.org news server group mozilla.support.thunderbird. This is a new Thunderbird install. I have four GMail and one Outlook account all imap. Why does it take entering the Master Password three times to get it allow access ? - it isn't 'necessary' to have a master pass at all - if you DO have a master pass, then you should be aware of what it MEANS to be so configured. Here is one explanation of what it means: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Master_password Master password See the Using par I like/prefer moz kb articles over the alternatives such as moz support. That article was last mod/ed 2017 May and has been accessed almost a million times. Often some 'old' content can be found in moz kb articles, such as references to Tb 2.0.0.24 3 transition. Example of moz support which has higher general search engine ranking and you also get if you use Tb Help function: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...aster-password I carefully enter the correct Master Password each time ! Why doesn't TBird allow seeing the password I type as an option ? Most all other apps have that feature. Stupid on their part. There is a Tb add-on to help with the multiple master prompt problem https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thu...startupmaster/ Asks for the master password at startup (fixes multiple password prompt) (Add-ons have numerous 'reviews' which also contain valuable info for solving problems with the add-on, as does this one) -- Mike Easter |
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On 04/10/2017 20:47, FreeMan wrote:
This is a new Win XP install. This is a new Thunderbird install. I have four GMail and one Outlook account all imap. Why does it take entering the Master Password three times to get it allow access ? I carefully enter the correct Master Password each time ! Why doesn't TBird allow seeing the password I type as an option ? Most all other apps have that feature. Stupid on their part. Assuming you have gone to your gMail account and outlook account and set the options to allow IMAP/Pop then the only plausible reason could be that gMail and Outlook servers are filtering out XP connections and taking extra special precautions when these devices try to connect. It is impossible to know or guess anything when the connection goes through after three attempts. In thunderbird you can see the password you have saved so my question to you is do you save your passwords in TB? I do so that I can connect almost instantly when I launch TB. x-Post to Windows 7 removed because you are not using it but abusing it. Don't do it again. -- With over 500 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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writes: This is a new Win XP install. This is a new Thunderbird install. I have four GMail and one Outlook account all imap. Why does it take entering the Master Password three times to get it allow access ? To get _what_ to allow access? (XP? Thunderbird?) To _what_ - the program itself? Your email? The news server? I carefully enter the correct Master Password each time ! Why doesn't TBird allow seeing the password I type as an option ? Most all other apps have that feature. Stupid on their part. No, I don't think I'd say as many as "most". I'd say less than half. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf I hate petitions, they're the modern-day equivalent of villagers with pitchforks and flaming torches. - Alison Graham RT 2016/2/20-26 |
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On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 12:47:11 -0700, FreeMan wrote:
This is a new Win XP install. This is a new Thunderbird install. I have four GMail and one Outlook account all imap. Why does it take entering the Master Password three times to get it allow access ? I carefully enter the correct Master Password each time ! It could be that one or more of the keyboard buttons are starting to get stuck or getting less sensitive, due to worn out. Try checking the number of inputted characters before you press the OK button. Why doesn't TBird allow seeing the password I type as an option ? Most all other apps have that feature. Stupid on their part. That feature exists ever since "social" feature have infected softwares. While it could be useful for some users, it actually lowers the security level. |
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On 10/4/2017 12:47 PM, FreeMan wrote:
This is a new Win XP install. This is a new Thunderbird install. I have four GMail and one Outlook account all imap. Why does it take entering the Master Password three times to get it allow access ? I carefully enter the correct Master Password each time ! Why doesn't TBird allow seeing the password I type as an option ? Most all other apps have that feature. Stupid on their part. What version of Thunderbird is it? 1. On the Thunderbird menu bar, select [Tools Options]. 2. On the Options window, select [Security Passwords]. 3. On the Passwords tab, select the Saved Passwords button. 4. On the Saves Logins window, select the Show Passwords button. 5. On the confimation popup, select the Yes button. Do you see your passwords? The sites to which they apply are identified by their servers. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ Yes, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other "founding fathers" owned slaves. However, they created a nation. Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and other "heroes" of the Confederacy tried to tear the nation apart. Statues and other monuments to those "heroes" of the Confederacy actually celebrate traitors and treason. See my http://www.rossde.com/editorials/edtl_conf_flag.html. |
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add-on seems to solve this.
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FreeMan wrote:
This is a new Win XP install. This is a new Thunderbird install. I have four GMail and one Outlook account all imap. Why does it take entering the Master Password three times to get it allow access ? I carefully enter the correct Master Password each time ! Why doesn't TBird allow seeing the password I type as an option ? Most all other apps have that feature. Stupid on their part. It could be OAUTH related. "Thunderbird 38.0.1 requires master password be entered twice after enabling Gmail OAuth" https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1070458 They make addons for Firefox, to make the password field viewable. I will not list the keylogger which is also available :-) This is to show that it's theoretically possible to add such a feature with an addon. However, I don't think you really need this as a debugging tool idea, since the password entries are likely related to the GMail setup(s). https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...assword-field/ Paul |
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FreeMan wrote:
This is a new Win XP install. This is a new Thunderbird install. I have four GMail and one Outlook account all imap. Why does it take entering the Master Password three times to get it allow access ? I carefully enter the correct Master Password each time ! Why doesn't TBird allow seeing the password I type as an option ? Most all other apps have that feature. Stupid on their part. FYI: The Mozilla's support newsgroup is over at ---. ..--------------------------------------------------' '--- Newsgroup = mozilla.support.thunderbird NNTP server = news.mozilla.org, port 119 (they don't peer to Usenet) |
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