[25921] in Athena Bugs
Re: 9.3.8: mozilla password manager
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Mon Aug 9 18:02:30 2004
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:02:01 -0400
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@mit.edu>
To: Robert A Basch <rbasch@mit.edu>
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Robert A Basch <rbasch@MIT.EDU> wrote on Mon, 9 Aug 2004
at 17:40:12 -0400 in <200408092140.i79LeCKe027547@anhedonia.mit.edu>:
> > At the time (27 Jul 2004) I looked and observed that
> > signon.remeberSignons had disappeared from my prefs.js file, and this
> > seemed to explain the problem. So I added it back in, but
> > and after a while it disappeared again. So I added it to user.js.
>
> Users should not modify prefs.js, as mozilla will overwrite the file.
> The suggested way to modify a preference setting is by going to the
> about:config URL.
I was less than clear. I "added it back in" by going to
Edit->Preferences->Password (or whever it is) and re-enabling it.
--jhawk
> > Also, as an aside, the decision to launch evolution by default from
> > mozilla is incredibly painful to non-evolution users, especially on
> > slow machines. It can cause the browser to hang for [what seems like]
> > minutes. What's the correct way for users to undo this? Is it to set
> >
> > pref("network.protocol-handler.external.mailto", false);
>
> Yes, setting that preference to false will revert to using mozilla
> mail. Again, the easiest way to change it is via the about:config
> interface.
>
> Bob
