# SMTP Password saved as plain text?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-password-saved-as-plain-text/144220>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [March 13, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-password-saved-as-plain-text/144220 "2020-03-13T13:58:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-password-saved-as-plain-text/144220/7 "2020-03-15T07:17:11Z")

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> [@MidwestJay](#):
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> in this case it’s out of my control since I have installed Discourse on a Digital Ocean Droplet

That’s right. And unless you have your file system encrypted, which is difficult to do, then you have to trust them too. They have physical access to the servers and the network.

As explained, you just have to have the password on order to use it.

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