On Sunday 12 February 2012 20:22:58 Kristopher John Gamrat wrote:
> On Sunday 12 February 2012 03:01:21 pm Lisi wrote:
> > Hi, Kris.
> >
> > Thank you for the reply.
> >
> > On Sunday 12 February 2012 19:06:38 Kristopher John Gamrat wrote:
> > > It is possible to not enter the password in Kmail, most email clients
> > > offer to store the password.
> >
> > That is the problem.  I can't find a way.  But it used to be possible.
>
> Using my instructions (typing it in when setting up the accounts and
> checking off the store password option) should work. I've also noticed that
> when I forget to add the password at setup, it will come up with a popup
> asking for the password, and there will be a checkbox for storing it.

Thanks, Kris.  That uis obviously one of teh things taht TDE has improved.  In 
KMail in KDE 3.5.10 it won't store the password anywhere but in KWallet.
If I can tell KMail not to use KWallet, I don't care whether KWallet is there 
or not.

> > I don't like KWallet.  It is just there by default.  Can I safely
> > uninstall it?  And would I then be able to get KMail to store the
> > passwords itself, as it used to do?
>
> Since Kmail can store your passwords directly, it should not matter whether
> KWallet is present or not.
[snip] - [lots of helpful info]

Thank you very much for such a detailed and helpful reply.

Lisi