Hi John, once you have entered your passwords for your email accounts into Evolution it remembers them and inserts them into your 'keyring' on the system.
I must admit, I have had a couple of times where Evolution forgets one password but after a couple of insertions it seems ok? I am running Evolution 3.20.5 under Fedora 24... :-) On Tue, 2016-08-23 at 14:23 +0800, John Edward Serink wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list -- Kind Regards Bob Moore
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