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If a server is down, Thunderbird will forget your password and will keep asking you to re-enter it till it connects to the server or until you Cancel, whichever comes first. | If a server is down, Thunderbird will forget your password and will keep asking you to re-enter it till it connects to the server or until you Cancel, whichever comes first. | ||
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It can happen | It can happen that you will find no checkbox in Thunderbird to remember passwords. To change this, you will need to edit the '''prefs.js''' file, located in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder#Where_is_my_profile_folder.3F Thunderbird profile folder]. For example, in Windows XP a typical '''prefs.js''' file location would be C:\Documents and Settings\"username"\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\ | ||
Close the | Close Thunderbird and open the prefs.js file in notepad or other editor (make a backup copy of prefs.js first, as a precaution). | ||
Find the following line: '''user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);''' | |||
Change the value from '''false''' to '''true''' | |||
Close the notepad or editor window and save changes. | |||
On the next startup of Thunderbird you should find the checkbox for remembering the password in the password manager. | |||
Revision as of 04:33, 20 July 2005
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If a server is down, Thunderbird will forget your password and will keep asking you to re-enter it till it connects to the server or until you Cancel, whichever comes first.
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It can happen that you will find no checkbox in Thunderbird to remember passwords. To change this, you will need to edit the prefs.js file, located in the Thunderbird profile folder. For example, in Windows XP a typical prefs.js file location would be C:\Documents and Settings\"username"\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\
Close Thunderbird and open the prefs.js file in notepad or other editor (make a backup copy of prefs.js first, as a precaution).
Find the following line: user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
Change the value from false to true
Close the notepad or editor window and save changes.
On the next startup of Thunderbird you should find the checkbox for remembering the password in the password manager.
