Disagree. It does matter, even if there is a fundamental reason why
good behavior is impossible -in general-, but it can be made good
with specific servers (by parsing their error messages), then it should
do that; making T. have bad behavior for everyone if it can be avoided
is not desirable.
In any case, why can't Thunderbird *ask* the user what to do, offering three choices:
- Retry with saved password
- Cancel (stop trying) and retain the existing saved password
- Change password (leads to new-password dialog)
I can't see why it is every desirable to silently forget the old password.
Disagree. It does matter, even if there is a fundamental reason why
good behavior is impossible -in general-, but it can be made good
with specific servers (by parsing their error messages), then it should
do that; making T. have bad behavior for everyone if it can be avoided
is not desirable.
In any case, why can't Thunderbird *ask* the user what to do, offering three choices:
- Retry with saved password
- Cancel (stop trying) and retain the existing saved password
- Change password (leads to new-password dialog)
I can't see why it is every desirable to silently forget the old password.