Comment 44 for bug 1299604

Same situation I have but I'm using gnome-fallback in Debian Jessie.
It is not evolution problem but keyring problem this suggests.

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On 6 July 2016 at 05:28, wmccarty <email address hidden> wrote:

> So I did some more interweb findings search. I noticed that when
> Evolution mail is unable to unlock the password that if I install
> seahorse (again) and look at the keyrings listed, the gnome2 keyring
> remains locked and even if I try to unlock it with the correct password,
> it refuses to open. I found another launchpad bug via an ArchLinux forum
> listed later, but the launchpad bug is here:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/1409202
>
> This is the Arch Linux forum topic which describes my situation exactly.
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=197891
>
> Anyhow, it seems that somehow the way my (kubuntu 14.04) install starts
> up prevents the gnome2 keyring from opening correctly. I'm not sure if
> it is related to the fact that I mostly use wifi on this computer and if
> it is related to the kde keyring opening not on time or on time.
> Sometimes I can get evolution mail to open the gnome2 keyring by
> restarting it after I've gone online, but other times it refuses to open
> even after a restart.
>
> I tried deleting the keyrings again as described above, and noticed that
> the locked keyring is now unlocked. I suppose this bug is as a result of
> the gnome keyring not behaving properly, but not sure if all other users
> experience this nor if I should mark the bug as a duplicate of the above
> 1409202 bug or how?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1299604
>
> Title:
> evolution keeps asking for password
>
> Status in evolution package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Hi, I have connected my evolution to mail server (imap) and it asks
> EVERY time after login for password to that email account. It do not
> remember it, even when I tick "remember using keyring".
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: evolution 3.10.4-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-20.42-generic 3.13.7
> Uname: Linux 3.13.0-20-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Sat Mar 29 23:00:38 2014
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-29 (0 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64
> (20140317)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=cs
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: evolution
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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