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Can't change SMTP password

Started by Tonyvic, August 05, 2015, 06:57:24 AM

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Tonyvic

I have searched but can't find the answer!
I changed the password on my admin@ account in cPanel/Mail, when I try to change it in SMF it reverts to the previous one. (I can see by the number of dots).
To verify I changed the password in SMF to just 3 letters + confirmed it, but when I select 'Save' it is back to 12 dots.

Any ideas guys,
Tony

margarett

It always shows the 12 dots, no matter the length of the password you use ;)

The password is stored in the table smf_settings, field "smtp_password". It is stored as base64 (just so that it isn't displayed directly) so you can use a site like https://www.base64encode.org/ to try it.

I put a password of "test", the database stores: "dGVzdGU=" (no quotes) and that site confirms that it is my correct password ;)
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Tonyvic

Much appreciated Margarett, thanks problem solved!

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