Title: [Plugin: Configure SMTP] Password encoding bug
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Configure SMTP] Password encoding bug

 *  [johnclayton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnclayton/)
 * (@johnclayton)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-configure-smtp-password-encoding-bug/)
 * If your SMTP password contains an `&` character it appears to be encoding it 
   on save, turning it into `#amp;` (replaced `&` with `#` so it renders here), 
   and preventing SMTP from succeeding.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/configure-smtp/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/configure-smtp/)

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 *  [Ovidiu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ovidiu/)
 * (@ovidiu)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-configure-smtp-password-encoding-bug/#post-1342684)
 * any news on this? this prevents passwords from using special characters thus 
   weakening it 🙁
 *  [Scott Reilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coffee2code/)
 * (@coffee2code)
 * WordPress & Plugin Developer
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-configure-smtp-password-encoding-bug/#post-1342729)
 * As a belated follow-up to this thread: this does not appear to be an issue with
   the plugin as of its current release (v3.0). Let me know if anyone experiences
   otherwise.

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 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Scott Reilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coffee2code/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-configure-smtp-password-encoding-bug/#post-1342729)
 * Status: not resolved

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