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Edit: I used Courierpassd (http://www.arda.homeunix.net/store/) to set up password changing.

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Hi, I installed courier and it uses mysql to authenticate users and the password field is stored using the mysql encrypt() function. I installed squirrelmail and the change password plugin, but everytime the count query runs, it finds 0 rows.

I checked the mysql manual, and it turns out if no salt variable is passed to the encrypt function I uses a random value, which is why the plugin cant find the user.

But, Courier manages to log me in each time fine, I was wandering what methods Courier uses to match the salted and encrypted password.

I hope that makes sense.
Cheers.