The mgiAuthenticateDB Tag SendPassword Mode Return to the mgiAuthenticateDB Main Menu Tag Syntax The SendPassword mode of mgiAuthenticateDB has a beginning tag with five required parameters and four optional parameters, a body with placeholders for the username and password, and an ending mgiAuthenticateDB tag. The tag form is: <mgiAuthenticateDB mode="SendPassword" emailAddress="Email" from="Email" mailServer="SMTP Server" subject="Title" message="Message with Placeholders" odbcDatasource="Source Name" odbcUsername="Name" odbcPassword="Password"> Required Parameters: mode - The mode is the function that the mgiAuthenticateDB tag performs. In "sendPassword" mode, the mgiAuthenticateDB tag matches the user's email address to a record in the authentication database and emails the user's username and/or password in a custom email. emailAddress - The user's email address as it is listed in the authentication database. from - The email address listed in the "From" line of the email. mailServer - The name of the SMTP Outgoing mail server used to send the email (e.g., "mail.domain.com"). message - The message that contains the username and password associated with the specified email. The username and password are automatially entered in the location of the placeholders (see below). Optional Parameters: subject - The subject of the password email. The default subject is "Forgot your password?". odbcDatasource (NT only) - The odbcDatasource is the name of datasource on the server that provides access information for an external ODBC database. If the odbcDatasource parameter is included, authentication information will be queried from the specified ODBC database rather than the internal MGI database. Inquire with the server administrator for additional information about the use of ODBC databases. If you include the odbcDatasource parameter, the odbcUsername and odbcPassword parameters are required. odbcUsername (NT only) - The odbcUsername is the username required to access the ODBC datasource. The odbcUsername parameter is required if you include the odbcDatasource parameter. odbcPassword (NT only) - The odbcPassword is the code required to access the ODBC datasource. The odbcPassword parameter is required if you include the odbcDatasource parameter. Placeholders: &mgiAuthenticateDBUsername; - When the password email is processed by MGI, the username placeholder (&mgiAuthenticateDBUsername;) is replaced with the specific user's username in the body of the email. &mgiAuthenticateDBPassword; - When the password email is processed by MGI, the password placeholder (&mgiAuthenticateDBPassword;) is replaced with the specific user's password in the body of the email. Example Usage and Output <mgiSet name="MessageText"> Dear Subscriber, Your request for a copy of your username and password is complete. Username: &mgiAuthenticateDBUsername; Password: &mgiAuthenticateDBPassword; If you did not request this information, please contact us immediately. </mgiSet> <mgiAuthenticateDB mode="sendPassword" emailAddress={mgiPostArgument name="Email"} from="registration@domain.com" mailServer="mail.domain.com" subject="Registration Information" message={mgiGet name="MessageText"}> The sendPassword mode of mgiAuthenticateDB allows users to retrieve their username and password via email. The email entered by the user must match the email in the authentication database. In this example, the user's email was entered into a form, posted to the page containing this mgiAuthenticateDB tag and embedded in the emailAddress parameter. If the user's username is "bhjohnson" and the user's password is "pur2sd9", the following email would be generated: Dear Subscriber, Your request for a copy of your username and password is complete. Username: bhjohnson Password: pur2sd9 If you did not request this information, please contact us immediately. Return to the mgiAuthenticateDB Main Menu