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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thu May 09 2019 03:31:57 GMT-0400
(Eastern Standard Time), Ben Bucksch
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ben.bucksch@beonex.com"><ben.bucksch@beonex.com></a> wrote:<br>
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<li>There is no need to separate the password entry fields.
The password is almost always identical, even in cases where
the username is different. Nobody in his right mind asks
users to remember different passwords for IMAP and SMTP. If
that indeed happens, that is so so rare, the user can later
enter a new SMTP password manually. We should not encumber
the dialog with 0.001% cases. That's what the Advanced
Config dialog is for. *1<br>
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It looks to me - based on the two different mock-ups - like the
separate username/password entry fields only show up (dynamically I
imagine) if the user unchecks the 'Use same credentials for sending
mail' option, which would make sense.<br>
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But Alessandro would need to confirm that.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">*1 It might be a good idea to add the
password entry to the Account settings dialog in Thunderbird. It
would change the corresponding entry in the password database,
instead of the user having to fish the right entry manually out
of the password database dialog, or waiting for password failure
and password re-try prompt.<br>
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I strongly agree - this is something else I've always meant to open
a bug/enhancement request for, so thanks very much for bringing it
up.<br>
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Also, the 'Use same credentials for sending mail' checkbox option
will also need to be added to the Account Settings > Server
Settings dialog.<br>
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