Resend a users password without resetting it to a new one

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by perfphysio

OK, well this is pretty darn stupid. On every site I am a member if I forget my password then it is simply resent to the registered email address. It is very strange that this is not the case with vbulletin.

Storing plain text paswords in a database is about the stupidist thing you can ever do.

What are all these sites you refer to ? because all the major forum software encrypts passwords (not just vbulletin).

Originally Posted by perfphysio

Can someone help with a mod to make this do what the link says - resend the forgotten password (not reset it)?

No one can do this, as was made clear, the password is not stored anywhere.