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Thunderbird does not store remote address books' passwords

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I have the following problem:
I am running a Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit on a Lenovo Thinkpad S430. As email composer I use Thunderbird (24.0).

All my contacts are being synced from an ownCloud address book to my phone and my Thunderbird on my Windows machine (using Inverse SOGO Connector for Thunderbird). On the windows machine the password for that remote address book is saved within the Thunderbird password manager (it shows in the manager).

Now I wanted to set that configuration up on my Ubuntu notebook. So my Thunderbird with SOGo Connector can actually sync the address book just fine, but fails to store the password. It would always ask again for the login/password when I start Thunderbird.

I have already tried reinstalling Thunderbird, SOGo Connector, adding and readding the address book. I have never experienced that problem ever before. I am using that sync for quite a while now.

Maybe somebody has some suggestions which could lead to a solution.

Cheers,
andehhh

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answered 2 Years ago eryeath · Accepted Answer

It's a bug with Inverse Sogo Connector 17.0.5, the latest version downloadable from their website at this time.

As a workaround, I've currently installed the Saved Password Editor extension for Thunderbird and added the address book password by hand:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/saved-password-editor/

After installing it, go to the menu Edit -> Preferences, then select the tab Security -> Passwords, click on the Saved Passwords button, and you'll have a button with a drop down menu where you can add a new password. Add the host of your password (e.g. https://myowncloud-bernarpa.com, without the remaining address book path, the Username and Password and the Annotation, that's the thing you get on the password window as "The server says:".