[Users] claws-mail does not remember password even though the "Remember with password manager" option is checked

[Owen]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2022 00:19:24 -0600
lmfrm <lmfrm at nanogroup.xyz> wrote:

> I had been using Linux Mint 18 Mate 64-bit and upgraded to Linux Mint
> 20.3 XFCE 64-bit recently.
> 
> After this upgrade, I installs claws-mail from the repository
> and transferred all claws-mail settings from the old OS to the new.
> 
> It no longer remembers the password despite checking the "Remember
> with password manager" checkbox. (I don't know what 'password manager'
> it's referring to.)
> 
> I'm using pgp e-mail but it doesn't tell me if it's asking for the
> account password or the gpg password--in any case, mine happen to be
> one and the same.
> 
> ~/.claws-mail/passwordrc appears to store the password there. Actually
> a send AND receive, and for each and every account; I only have one
> account with multiple aliases all using the same password (for both
> send and receive). I notice the encrypted blob for the send and
> receive pass are different, and they are also different for every
> account entry.
> 
> Gnome-keyring did not appear to furnish claws-mail with the password,
> and because it was causing all sorts of trouble on my system I removed
> it. It was importing sensitive private keys from my gpg keyring and
> sharing them with other applications without my knowledge or consent.
> Removing it made no difference to claws-mail that I can tell. I don't
> think gnome-keyring stored my password unless claws-mail put it there.
> 
> My private keys are stored in my gpg keyring but of course, the
> password is not because pgp keys are just encrypted blobs and don't
> include passwords. However, I configured ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf as
> follows just in case it had anything to do with claws checking
> passwords:
> default-cache-ttl 999999
> max-cache-ttl 999999
> but it did nothing.
> 
> I checked ~/.claws-mail/accountrc and ~/.claws-mail/clawsrc but could
> find no settings to change that might make a difference.
> 
> I just wish to not have to type my account/gpg password incessantly;
> this is impractical.
> 
> Where might I be going wrong? Or is it a bug?






I think the clue to your problem is in the transfer of your settings.

Check the permissions of you .claws-mail directory, perhaps something
is not writable



Owen