Keyring and Evolution-POP3

[Don Raikes]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Grace [mailto:sgrace at pobox.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 11:25 AM
> To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
> Subject: Re: Keyring and Evolution-POP3
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 13:05 -0500, Brian McKee wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:20 PM, HermanAA <n0jnqrp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Ubuntu 8.10 64-bit, default set-up.
> > > Evolution POP3 is password-protected using 'keyring'.
> > >
> > > I am the only user of Evolution.
> > > Others in the house have their own Ubuntu-account (no access to my
> > > Evolution).
> > >
> > > I do not need keyring/password protection for the POP3 download in
> > > Evolution.
> > >
> > > How can I remove this extra step?
> > 
> > I'm reading between the lines here, but I gather the problem is you
> > have to unlock the keyring every time you want to check your mail.
> > The easy solution is change the default login keyring to 
> use the same
> > password as you log in with.  Then it will  unlock that keyring when
> > you log in, and not bother you.  Use System -> Prefernces ->
> > Encryption and Keyrings
> 
> I've had this issue on Hardy if set to automatically log in. If I
> disable Enable Automatic Login and there's no issue with Evolution
> (although I have to enter my username and password to log in, of
> course).
> 
> 
Another question, I have my pop account set to remember my password, but it doesn't seem to do this for either the pop or smtp servers. Any ideas how to get this to work?