Base 64 Converter
I'd been stuck for a few days with a lost password for a Word Press site login. I knew my username but had forgotten the password so I hit the "Lost Password?" button and awaited my email.
It turned up all garbled, a string of characters I didn't understand.
So initially I ignored it. And then I thought Hey, the email reads...
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64
QmV0IHlvdSB0aG91Z2h0IHRoaXMgd2FzIGdvbm5hIGJlIG15IHBhc3N3b3JkIHJpZ2h0Pw==
BIG clue... Base 64. So I hit the search engines for a base 64 solution and found a Base 64 Converter.
I cut & pasted my blurb into the converter and BiNGO! Had my password :)
Good, now I can update a site I've not updated for nearly a year!
It turned up all garbled, a string of characters I didn't understand.
So initially I ignored it. And then I thought Hey, the email reads...
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64
QmV0IHlvdSB0aG91Z2h0IHRoaXMgd2FzIGdvbm5hIGJlIG15IHBhc3N3b3JkIHJpZ2h0Pw==
BIG clue... Base 64. So I hit the search engines for a base 64 solution and found a Base 64 Converter.
I cut & pasted my blurb into the converter and BiNGO! Had my password :)
Good, now I can update a site I've not updated for nearly a year!

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