programarivm on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Security issue"
Hello, Thank you for sharing this useful plugin with us! I'd like to make a small remark on security, however, cause it seems that this plugin saves the email plain password into the database! So is it...
View ArticleJan Dembowski on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Security issue"
So is it possible to hash the password in order to reduce the app's vulnerability surface? Nope. SMTP Auth requires that the actual password is transmitted (hopefully via a TLS/SSL encrypted connection).
View Articleprogramarivm on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Security issue"
I wondered that it might be possible to put something like a two-way hash. The objective is avoiding to store the password in clear. What if someone can access the password field? This would be...
View ArticleJan Dembowski on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Security issue"
I wondered that it might be possible to put something like a two-way hash. Here's why that would not work: hashing is one way. You can hash the password but you cannot unhash it. You could encrypt the...
View Articleprogramarivm on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Security issue"
I am not sure that storing a plain password like that into the database is a good idea. Maybe you could mitigate the "risk" exposure because of that. I mean that you have the password "hello", but your...
View Articleprogramarivm on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Security issue"
By the way, your real two-way deterministic algorithm could make passwords with the appearance of a known hash, just to mislead crackers. Anyway, thanks again. Regards,
View Articlecollinssolutions on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Failed to connect to server"
I know this has been asked and others have talked about it but i can not find a solution. I realize its not a problem with the puligin but with my connection. There was talk on checking php.ini...
View ArticleLDMartin1959 on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Undefined??"
We have the latest version of WP Mail SMTP installed on the latest version of WP. When we replace mail() with wp_mail() as indicate in the FAQ we get the following: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined...
View Articlegdolenc on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Use of wp_mail in custom php page inside WP"
Hi, I am building custom PHP page inside Wordpress. Actualy it is a processing file, which inserts some data in db and aftherwards I would like to send an email to the client. When I try to do it, I...
View ArticleAnuja Bothra on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] is it working with WP 3.8"
Its not working on my site also after updating to wordpress 3.8.. Has anyone found a fix ?
View Articlemedbillllc on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] First Test Fails - Second Goes through"
Good Morning everyone. I have been troubleshooting an issue with this plugin for some time now. It seems that the first test email I send fails with: "The following From address failed: me@domain.net :...
View Articleaks236 on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] is it working with WP 3.8"
use this http://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/, it will work with 3.8
View ArticlePaulMighty on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] [Suggestion] Hide STMP password"
Is it stored in the database as plaintext too?? Editing the input field type to password is ok for obscuring it on the front end, but I wouldn't want it in the DB in plaintext.
View ArticlePaulMighty on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] [Suggestion] Hide STMP password"
And yes, I can confirm that it is stored as plaintext in the database. The Easy WP SMTP also has this security issue: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/pwd-stored-in-the-clear -PaulMighty
View ArticlePete on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Error 500"
This just happened to me too - thankfully my site cam back online on its own after 2 minutes, but now after unistalling it my site runs really slow??? Stupidly I didnt do a backup before installing -...
View ArticleCallum Macdonald on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Called Mail() without being...
If the connection timed out, then there's something stopping WordPress from reaching Gmail's server. If you didn't change anything when the error occurred, it was most likely caused by something to do...
View ArticleJustin on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] [Suggestion] Hide STMP password"
Seems like the solution for those of us who'd like better security is to allow it to be stored in wp-config.php which is much less likely to be hacked than the DB. You could still allow lay-persons to...
View Articlebstephenmitchell on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] Will only send from one email...
From within woocommerce, it will only send from one email address - the one I originally used to set the whole thing up. Even now with this plugin, I changed it, and emails don't send. Put it back to...
View ArticleHari Maliya on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] How send Test email"
I have activated WP-Mail-SMTP plugin. Setup all require detail. But I can't send test mail. Form my WordPress dashboard. What i missing ? Thanks -Hari maliya http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/
View Articlei3inary on "[Plugin: WP Mail SMTP] [Suggestion] Hide STMP password"
+9 to this. I am going to have to fork this because its a deal breaker. I will wait a week and watch this thread for a reply.
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