When I start MailNews and Mozilla (automatically) opens my first account (IMAP), I get a password prompt even though prefs.js says: user_pref("mail.server.server1.password", "......."); user_pref("mail.server.server1.remember_password", true); Linux build 2000.01.29.09

This in fact happens on every account. MailNews does seem to honor remember_password set to true. This happens on IMAP and POP accounts. To reproduce: 1. Edit prefs.js so that the password prefs for your account are set: user_pref("mail.server.server1.password", "......."); user_pref("mail.server.server1.remember_password", true); 2. Start MailNews 3. Open IMAP folder on that account/Get Msg on POP account Actual result: Password prompt Expected result: folder should be openend/messages downloaded without prompting for password. Linux build 2000.01.30.09. Changed summary.

The mail/news "remember password" prefs are going away in favor of the product-wide "single sign on" feature, which is a generalized password storage tool. It was developed for web pages, and we (mail/news) are going to use it too. Reassigning to jefft, but I'm pretty sure this is invalid.

Yeah, both prefs should go away. We need jglick's help on redesigning the UI. Let's leave this open until we remove them from the UI. cc'ing jglick...

With single signon turned on, and having previously checked "save password" in the password dialog, I still get prompted for a password whenever I log into an IMAP or POP server.

No longer valid for single signon.

Jeff, you wanted to leave this open until the "Remember password" was gone from the Account Manager UI. It's still there, and if you have "Remember password" checked but single signon off, you will still be prompted for a password. I'll verify this (since with single signon ON there's no longer a password prompt).

Good point. I'll reopen this and reassign to alecf who is responsible for Account Setup UI.

Reassign to alecf to remove the remember password pref.

Do we need this for Beta 1 for the specific case or should we release note?

this is invalid thanks to laurel's new bug about tying rememberPassword to the wallet

Verfied as invalid now.