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    New members receive password in plain text in welcome email

    Eric Harth
    Eric Harth
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    In progress New members receive password in plain text in welcome email

    Post by Eric Harth December 1st 2016, 1:14 am

    Technical Details


    Forum version : #phpBB3
    Position : Founder
    Concerned browser(s) : Google Chrome
    Who the problem concerns : All members
    When the problem appeared : Global issue
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    Description of problem

    Hi

    I'm configuring a forum and I noticed that the welcome email for a standard member includes their chosen password in plain text. This is widely seen as a security issue as email is unencrypted and easily interceptable. Apparently the control of this lies in a language file, which as far as I can see, are beyond the reach of the admin panel. Can anyone suggest a way to suppress this behaviour?

    Cheers
    SLGray
    SLGray
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    In progress Re: New members receive password in plain text in welcome email

    Post by SLGray December 1st 2016, 3:38 am

    We can not edit the registration emails.



    New members receive password in plain text in welcome email Slgray10

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