[Users] Intermittent loss of SMTP user and password

[Steve Litt]

On Sun, 7 May 2017 10:45:47 +0200, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:
> Hello Steve,
> 
> 
> On Sun, 7 May 2017 01:36:33 -0400 Steve Litt
> <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > For the second time in a year or so, my Claws setup magically lost
> > its SMTP auth info: Account name and password. And in fact, the "no
> > auth" checkbox (or whatever it's called) is checked. The reason I
> > don't know the exact names of these fields is because I can't pull
> > up account config while I'm typing this email.
> > 
> > Anyway, once I checked the proper box and put in the auth info, I
> > was able to send again. It's just bizarre that this happens every
> > year or so.  
> 
> Did you managed accounts, like made copy or reorder them?

The first time, maybe. The second time, no.


> Do you see a
> (unexpectedly) duplicate account?

I made a duplicate account a couple years ago, probably just before the
first occurrence. But I did nothing like that the last few days, just
before noticing it last night.

Thanks,

SteveT