can not 'edit-saved-passwords'

version 2.0.0.14 (20080421)
Mac OS/X Leopard

I had to do a complete and fresh install due to repeated demands for
certain iMap passwords from TB. Note it was OK in safe mode. However,
there were other corruption issues and I decided aa new version was
best. I moved key3.db straight across to a non-default "Profile" I made.

I can log into and get email and news-servers.

However, if I try and see which saved passwords are there now, I get a
brief flash of a window on the screen and it's gone. Not hidden, but
gone. ... though I am able to have TB extract saved passwords for
getting email off servers.

ideas?

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Frobozz

On 04-05-2008 00:53 CET, Frobozz composed this enchanting statement:[color=blue]
> version 2.0.0.14 (20080421)
> Mac OS/X Leopard
>
> I had to do a complete and fresh install due to repeated demands forcertain iMap passwords from TB. Note it was OK in safe mode. However, there were other corruption issues and I decided aa new version was best. I moved key3.db straight across to a non-default "Profile" I made.
>
> I can log into and get email and news-servers.
>
> However, if I try and see which saved passwords are there now, I get abrief flash of a window on the screen and it's gone. Not hidden, but gone. ... though I am able to have TB extract saved passwords for getting email off servers.
>
> ideas?
>[/color]

There is no real editing facility. However, you can *remove* an entry in
the password list. The next time an account password is required, you'll
have to enter the (new) password manually with an option to store it again.

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Kind regards,
Melchert

(MacOS 10.3.9 / Firefox 2.0, Thunderbird 2.0)

Melchert Fruitema wrote:
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> There is no real editing facility. However, you can *remove* an entry[/color]

agreed. The issue, however, remains that when I go through
Preferences/Privacy/Passwords/ ... and try to get a result from pressing
"Edit Saved Passwords" ... that all I see is a very brief flash of a
small pane.

Whereas, I used to see the table of saved locations/passwords (if I
selected to show passwords). From there, I could remove one if I
wished. And certainly I could verify that Thunderbird did, in fact,
store a signon password for a particular mail-server.

Now I can not.

Frobozz said the following On 05/04/2008 04:23 AM:[color=blue]
> version 2.0.0.14 (20080421)
> Mac OS/X Leopard
>
> I had to do a complete and fresh install due to repeated demands for
> certain iMap passwords from TB. Note it was OK in safe mode. However,
> there were other corruption issues and I decided aa new version was
> best. I moved key3.db straight across to a non-default "Profile" I made.
>
> I can log into and get email and news-servers.
>
> However, if I try and see which saved passwords are there now, I get a
> brief flash of a window on the screen and it's gone. Not hidden, but[/color]

Much sounds like this bug
"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326414"
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> gone. ... though I am able to have TB extract saved passwords for
> getting email off servers.[/color]

When you moved key3.db , have you copied "signons.txt" file in new
profile also ?

Nir wrote:
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> When you moved key3.db , have you copied "signons.txt" file in new
> profile also ?[/color]

ummm ... *that* seemed to be the problem created by me.
I just renamed signons & key3 and started anew with passwords and
locations ... *now* I can see that "edit-saved-passwords" area.

thank you (again)

the original problem with TB and continually forgetting passwords
*seems* to be related to one of a very few add-ons. I am not sure, at
this moment, which one it is. I *did* cause the problem to start up in
this new profile and clean install when I downloaded and added
Signature-Switch
Restart TB
Get-All-Mail


will add one back in at a time.. currently all are un-installed and all
is working fine