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Mention that it's impossible to change password through DC alone #73

Open WofWca opened 1 month ago

WofWca commented 1 month ago

The issue was worsened by https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/pull/4032) in Delta Chat desktop. But even when it is fixed, Delta Chat would still simply say something like "failed to authenticate" when you change your password and continue operating as usual (see https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/pull/4033 ).

So it appears that these settings are only useful when

But I think simply adding a paragraph stating that you have to change the password outside of DC first would be good already.

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