Re: Thunderbird Bug? - View Saved Passwords failing

Mark Hansen wrote:

> 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.
> 

you can't get to the password info unless you have the master 
password.  Therefore, your response would have been useless


> 
>>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.
>>
>>