3 ms·Emailing them a password means you have their plaintext password. Please never do this.by sant0sk1 17y agoEmailing them a password means you have their plaintext password. Please never do this.vyrotek 17y agoOr it means he emailed you the generated password right before hashing it and never actually saved it in plaintext.savant 17y agoYou can send out the email and then immediately hash it. It's still bad form though.