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    From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Wed Sep 28 08:48:55 2022


    After the last update I found Thunderbird demands Username and password
    after opening.

    Has anyone else experienced this


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    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64 installed via Mageia-8-x86_64-DVD.iso



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  • From Grimble@2:250/1 to All on Wed Sep 28 11:22:21 2022
    On 28/09/2022 08:48, faeychild wrote:


    After the last update I found Thunderbird demands Username and password after opening.

    Has anyone else experienced this


    Not me. 102.3.0 is installed on 3 machines without any such demand.
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    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64



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  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to faeychild on Wed Sep 28 12:40:52 2022
    Hello faeychild!

    Wednesday September 28 2022 08:48, faeychild wrote to All:



    After the last update I found Thunderbird demands Username and
    password after opening.

    Has anyone else experienced this

    I have had for for some versions over the last year, it is a extra security layer for a file holding passwords used for your email addresses at a
    guess. -- Assuming this is a wee box that appears the first time after
    loading thunderbird and before it starts.

    I do have three email addresses that are used within that needs to pick up posts etc.

    Yet another feature that no one asked for, along with the loss of the
    function that allows you to pick up local mails from your mbox mail system!




    Vincent


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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Wed Sep 28 18:24:07 2022
    On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 03:48:55 -0400, faeychild <[email protected]> wrote:
    After the last update I found Thunderbird demands Username and password
    after opening.
    Has anyone else experienced this

    The "Primary Password"?

    Thunderbird has chosen to no longer use gpg for enigmail, which is now built directly into thunderbird instead of being a plugin.

    It still can import gpg keys, but uses it's openpgp instead of gpg. The primary password is used to encrypt the thunderbird openpgp key ring.

    They've chosen to reduce security to make use of encrypted email slightly easier.
    Instead of asking for the passphrase every time an outgoing message is signed, or
    a received message is decrypted, it requests and caches the pass phrase at startup.
    It also no longer uses the web of trust.

    If you leave your desk with thunderbird running, anyone else using it can decrypt
    messages sent to you, or sign new messages they create, using your id.

    I haven't checked to see if there is a way to disable it. If there is, it's likely either by deleting the key (Tools/OpenPGP Key Manager), or in the config editor aka Advanced Preferences (Edit/Settings/Config Editor). In the config editor, try changing mail.identity.id1.enablePgp to false. Same for all identities
    listed in the config editor.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From Bit Twister@2:250/1 to All on Wed Sep 28 20:17:37 2022
    On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:40:52 +0100, Vincent Coen wrote:
    Hello faeychild!

    Wednesday September 28 2022 08:48, faeychild wrote to All:



    After the last update I found Thunderbird demands Username and
    password after opening.

    Has anyone else experienced this

    I have had for for some versions over the last year, it is a extra security layer for a file holding passwords used for your email addresses at a
    guess. -- Assuming this is a wee box that appears the first time after loading thunderbird and before it starts.

    I do have three email addresses that are used within that needs to pick up posts etc.

    Yet another feature that no one asked for, along with the loss of the function that allows you to pick up local mails from your mbox mail system!

    That feature is not broke on mga8 as I have set up my neighbor to show/receive any
    email to his account and have all root email routed to his local linux user account.


    I suggest deleting your local account and re-create it.
    I assume you have the correct perms in /var/mail/$USER Example:

    $ ls -al /var/mail/$USER
    -rw------- 1 bittwister mail 0 Sep 28 14:05 /var/mail/bittwister



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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Wed Sep 28 23:04:53 2022
    On 28/9/22 17:48, faeychild wrote:


    After the last update I found Thunderbird demands Username and password after opening.

    Has anyone else experienced this




    The version number I should have included 102.3.0 (64-bit)

    And maybe reading the release notes mentioned there also


    So it is a "change" in parameters and not my fault :-)

    next time I'll check then password manager checkbox and see what happens

    regards


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    faeychild
    Running plasmashell 5.20.4 on 5.15.65-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64 installed via Mageia-8-x86_64-DVD.iso




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