newest kmail release fails to store password in configuration file

[Wit Wilinski]

Newest kmail release (4:3.5.6-0ubuntu6) has a bug in code storing account passwords in kmail's configuration file. The password is saved, though with an error, causing kmail to fail to log in when re-run. Don't know if it's a significant information, but the password which failed contained space characters.

Tried saving kmail's passwords with kwallet enabled and that worked correctly.

Using Kubuntu Feisty / x86

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

Same here with feisty / amd64, with two different mail accounts. My passwords don't contain spaces.

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

Also happens on my Notebook (feisty/i386). I tried to untick the "save password" box, close KMail, reopen it, and reenable the "save password" feature, but the bug persists.

Ciao

Martin

[Rich Johnson (nixternal)]

Confirming due to responses.

Are you all still experiencing this? Have you tried 3.5.7 via kubuntu.org (http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-357.php)? I don't have this problem it seems. Thanks.

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

I temporarily moved to using the kde wallet (then, the bug does not occur), I'll uninstall it and try it tomorrow.

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

I purged kwalletmanager and rebooted, but the bug does not return. I am still using kmail 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu6. Maybe the temporary switch to kwalletmanager somehow repaired kmail's password store.

Ciao

Martin

[Rich Johnson (nixternal)]

I just noted that you said your password contained whitespaces that caused the breakage. No wonder I couldn't reproduce this or never saw this before. Sounds like they could be reading in chars and not a getline for strings.

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

tentatively marking as fix released due to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdepim/+bug/105846/comments/5