Can't change SMTP password

[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

[Tonyvic]

Much appreciated Margarett, thanks problem solved!