Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
I don't use Kmail, but AFAIK when Kmail stores the account password it uses Kwallet to do it. Presumably it used to be able to access the wallet automatically e.g. it was keyed to your login password (I'm speculating here) and that is what has changed.
KWallet doesn't have a PAM module to key the wallet to the login password. You can set a blank password, then you won't get prompted for a password to unlock it (but that also means the encryption is easily reversible, you have to rely on standard *nix permissions to protect your keys).
Kevin Kofler