Comment 63 for bug 119358

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 05:12:36PM -0000, Alexander Sack wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 04:38:21PM -0000, Alexander Sack wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 01:56:31PM -0000, otzenpunk wrote:
> > > > Is this still an issue for anyone?
> > >
> > > I think so. I myself use another mail client, but the issue is still
> > > present in Intrepid. Just tested it, and it used SASL LOGIN although
> > > CRAM-MD5 was available.
> > >
> > > Of course, there is an option in the wizard now, where you can disable
> > > downloading mail immediately, so you can select this and change the
> > > account settings manually before downloading your mail for the first
> > > time, but that depends on your knowledge about this stuff.
> > >
> > > Joe Public will happily use the default and won't encrypt his passwords
> > > at all.
> > >
> >
> > Pleaes try shredder (tbird 3 preview) ... you can install
> > thunderbird-3.0 package from ~fta PPA.
> >
>
> If you dont know what ~fta PPA means:
>
> http://launchpad.net/~fta/+archive
>
>

tbird 3 beta 1 is there, consider to test please.

 - Alexander