Re: Thunderbird Bug? - View Saved Passwords failing

On 02/27/06 12:46, Eric wrote:
> Eric <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I am using the latest version of Thunderbird (1.5) under MacOSX 10.4.5.
>> 
>> When I go to 
>> 
>>   Preferences:Privacy:Passwords
>> 
>> and click on:
>> 
>>   View Saved Passwords
>> 
>> nothing appears.
>> 
>> Can anyone else reproduce this bug?
> 
> Well, the problem apparently was that the sheet asking for the master
> password was not appearing...after quitting and restarting Thunderbird
> seemed to fix it.
>  
>> Now, what I need to do is clear a saved password for an e-mail account.
>> Is there another way to accomplish this without going through the GUI?
> 
> So, the next problem was that I had forgotten the Master Password. So, I
> went hunting and found that the only way around this would involve
> losing all my saved passwords...no big deal.

I don't think that was necessary - although you probably don't want to
hear that now ;-)  ... see my other response on this thread.

> 
> If anyone else is interested, this involved going to my profile folder
> and deleting the key3.db and <number>.s files. I then had to go to each
> account and separating select 'Read Messages' to get it to ask for a
> password again and then to check for new messages when I select 
> 
>   File:Get New Messages for:Get All New Messages
> 
> Everything seems to be in the proper state again.
> 
>