Storing SMTP credentials for a VB.Net application

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Published on 2010-04-08T14:55:45Z Indexed on 2010/04/08 15:03 UTC
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Hi folk,

I've been storing SQL connection strings in web.conf which is fine but now I need to store SMTP credentials somewhere protected. web.conf seems like the likeliest place since its protected but how can they be stored?

-- Jonesy

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