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Resolved sjregan
(@sjregan)

4 years, 11 months ago

Hi,

SMTP authentication failed with a valid username and password, upon changing the password to only include alphabetical characters authentication was successful.

I have not completed full testing but on the surface the plus and dash character appear to be causing the problem.

Cheers.

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Plugin Author Slava Abakumov
(@slaffik)

4 years, 11 months ago

Hi @sjregan,

Due to WordPress rules of storing data in the database (not recommended to store password in DB) – there might be certain issues under certain circumstances when incorrect SMTP password may be sent to a server.
Please try using a constant, it’s not processed via WordPress sanitization functions – and should be fine.

Here is the list of SMTP-related constants that you can use: https://wpmailsmtp.com/docs/how-to-secure-smtp-settings-by-using-constants/

Thread Starter sjregan
(@sjregan)

4 years, 11 months ago

Thanks for the response, I am using a constant.

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