This was really messing us up. I’m pretty sure it is the Sucuri plugin that automatically updates secret keys that clears the password (SALT – as mentioned above). I tested manually generating new security keys in the Sucuri settings and it wiped out the FluentSMTP SMTP password.
With that said, the clearing of the password seems to be something that will be done automatically on a continuous / on-going basis (daily, weekly, etc.), because of the Sucuri setting at:
“Sucuri Security” (left menu) > “Settings” > “Post-Hack” > “Automatic Secret Keys Updater” > “Frequency” setting
I’m not going to disable that Sucuri setting (or have to monitor whenever the password gets cleared in the future), so I’ll have to revert back to the plugin I was using (prior to moving to FluentSMTP) that actually worked until there’s a change on this.
I hope this helps someone… ??
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This reply was modified 8 months, 1 week ago by mediamoon.
