2.8.0 fails to save SMTP Notification password

[jhg]

Updated to 2.8.0 a few days ago.

I run my own SMTP server for incoming mail. I recently changed the login password for several accounts, including the login used by my pfSense box to send notifications. I forgot to update the password in pfSense, so of course I started seeing login failures. I changed the configured password to match in pfSense, as follows:

1. In System\Advanced\Notifications I updated the password
2. I clicked the Test SMTP Settings button, and confirmed that the test message was received.
3. I clicked the Save button at the bottom of the page

Overnight I saw another login failure from pfSense. Experimenting with the Notifications page I discovered that the sequence above results in pfSense "forgetting" the newly entered password and reverting to the old one (? or maybe something totally different).

It appears the correct (but counter-intuitive) sequence is to enter the new password, scroll down to the bottom of the screen, click Save and THEN scroll back up and click the Test SMTP Settings button.

Low priority, but I think this is something that should be fixed.

[SteveITS]

@jhg The test button text does say, "The last SAVED values will be used, not necessarily the values entered here."

The other option would presumably be making every test button, "save & test."

OTOH I have gotten caught if a browser autofill fills in the password box. :-/

[jhg]

@SteveITS said in 2.8.0 fails to save SMTP Notification password:

The test button text does say, "The last SAVED values will be used, not necessarily the values entered here."

Ah, but that's not what actually happens. The just-entered new password IS used for the test, but then forgotten by the time you scroll down and "Save".