Hi Lee: I'm no expert but.... it seems if you start evolution BEFORE you unlock the keyring, its going to ask you for a username and password.
If you unlock the keyring and then start evolution, I would think this issue will go away. Why does your keyring have your root password in it? Cheers, john On Mon, 2016-08-22 at 22:24 -0700, Lee McKusick wrote: > Hello Evolution List, > > Can you suggest to me instructions for detecting a mail tampering > program or instructions for attaching a computer running an ethernet > packet program to determine if my email traffic is being altered by some > kind of man-in-the-middle process? > > For the past year I have been having popup windows titled "Mail > Authentication Request" coming up every single time my Ubuntu computer > starts. Often times the Mail Authentication Request popup appears before > another popup titled "Unlock keyring". > > > The popup "Unlock keyring" contains my user password (which is also the > root password since this is a Ubuntu system). > > I am pretty sure Evolution can't do email until "Unlock keyring" is > passed. This seems odd, why does Evolution ask me for these very very > important email passwords over and over? > > In the past, I mean over 1 year ago, Evolution never lost email > passwords. Speaking about the status of Evolution a year ago, I simply > never had to retype my email passwords. No I seem to have to retype them > every single time I start the computer. When the "Mail authentication > request" pops up I can't access a terminal screen to look up passwords, > which is a big annoyance because my passwords are long and hard to type. > > Something strange is going on. I have run top and I don't see any > strange process names. I also don't think a hostile intrusion is going > on. I have not had my email accounts used by a hostile party. The > rootkit hunter program doesn't find any problem. > > Therefore, I ask you for suggestions. > > I have been running Evolution 3.10.4 as part of an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS > computer for way longer than 5 years. This is a modest low power Wind pc > talking over ethernet eventually to a garden variety cable tv internet > access. > > Cordially yours, Lee M. > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
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