Is it possible to decrypt hashed passwords displayed by the Plesk utility mail_auth_view utility

Question

When executing the utility plesk sbin mail_auth_view, its output shows email accounts with hashed passwords.

Is it possible to decrypt these hashed passwords?

Answer

There is no way to decrypt the email address password in case it is hashed. As a workaround, reset the password of this email address.

Additional Information

A hashed password in the output of mail_auth_view may appear in the following cases:

• Domains have been migrated from a non-Plesk server.

• Plesk has been upgraded from Plesk 10 and older releases.

• An email address has been created/updated with the encrypted password type version (See passwd_type option on this Plesk documentation page).