Using SMTP other

  • Resolved itspwc

    (@itspwc)


    6 years, 9 months ago

    Good Day All

    I am using the smtp other and I am able to send emails. The issue is as follows. When using smtp other there is a recommendation at the bottom of the admin section of the plugin that says.

    ” The password is stored in plain text. We highly recommend you setup your password in your WordPress configuration file for improved security; to do this add the lines below to your wp-config.php file. ”

    define( ‘WPMS_ON’, true );
    define( ‘WPMS_SMTP_PASS’, ‘your_password’ );

    When I add that to the config file the password dots become greyed which I am guessing is correct but once I do that I can’t send emails. Looking at the logs my password is not accepted. Any help would be appreciated

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  • Thread Starter itspwc

    (@itspwc)

    Follow up. Duh forgot to replace ‘your_password’ with my password but once I did I could no longer get into the admin page

    Plugin Author Slava Abakumov

    (@slaffik)

    Hi @itspwc,

    I think, your password has a ' character that breaks PHP and you get 503 error (check your site error log and/or temporarily enable the Debug Log in WordPress).
    You can try to use define( 'WPMS_SMTP_PASS', "your_password" ); instead of define( 'WPMS_SMTP_PASS', 'your_password' );– note the quote change aroundyour_password.

    Plugin Author Slava Abakumov

    (@slaffik)

    Also, there is a minor issue that requires you to first save any random string in admin area of a plugin in the password field (like 123). And after that the password from a PHP constant will work fine.

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