Can we not get a real solution to this?  I was gonna try the posted hack, 
but it can be too easily abused (it changes the user's password instead of 
using a password_reset token, so anyone could change your password just by 
knowing your email address).

On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 7:28:48 PM UTC-7, webm...@trytha.com wrote:
>
> Thanks for bringing this issue back up and posting a workaround.  
>
> The worst part is the way to fix this is probably about as easy as 
> wrapping something in "str()", just need to know how the web2py internals 
> all link together.
>
> On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 4:51:17 AM UTC-7, Karoly Kantor wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, this helped, i am now using my own function to send the password 
>> reset email.
>>
>> On Friday, March 31, 2017 at 2:51:03 PM UTC+2, Jacinto Parga wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, still unresolved.
>>>
>>> I did a workaround for the request_reset_password: 
>>>
>>> def user(): 
>>>     if request.args(0)=='request_reset_password':
>>>         redirect(URL('default','myrequestpass'))
>>>     return dict(form=auth())
>>>
>>> def myrequestpass():
>>>     form = SQLFORM.factory(
>>>         Field('u_email', requires =[IS_EMAIL(error_message='Wrong 
>>> email'), IS_IN_DB(db, 'auth_user.email', error_message='Address not in 
>>> DB')]),
>>>               table_name='solicitar_pass')
>>>     if form.process().accepted:
>>>         user = db(db.auth_user.email==form.vars.u_email).select().first()
>>>         session.flash = 'Comprueba tu correo '+str(user.first_name)
>>>         u_passwd = str(hex(int(time.time())))[2:]
>>>         user.update_record(password=CRYPT()(u_passwd.encode('utf8'))[0])
>>>         mensaje='<html> <h4>Retrieve your password</h4> Temporal 
>>> password : <strong> '+ u_passwd   +' </strong> <p> Login with the temporal 
>>> password and set your new password in this link :</p><p><a href="
>>> https://yoursite.com/user/login?_next=/user/change_password";>Change 
>>> Password</a></p><br></html>''
>>>         mail.send(to=[form.vars.u_email],
>>>         subject='Change your password, follow this link',
>>>         message=mensaje)
>>>         redirect(URL('default','index'))
>>>     elif form.errors:
>>>         response.flash = 'Wrong Email address'
>>>     return dict(form=form)
>>>
>>>
>>> But anyway the lazyT found is an annoying error width, for instance: 
>>> auth.settings.auth_two_factor_enabled = True
>>>
>>>
>>> El jueves, 30 de marzo de 2017, 8:13:06 (UTC+2), Karoly Kantor escribió:
>>>>
>>>> As the issue is still unresolved, i have unchecked the "no action 
>>>> needed" flag on this topic. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 6:33:07 AM UTC+2, Karoly Kantor wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> This issue still seems to be unsolved. I have a fresh installation on 
>>>>> GAE, reset password emails fail due to "need string or buffer, lazyT 
>>>>> found"
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there something I can do?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, July 29, 2016 at 7:49:14 AM UTC+2, webm...@trytha.com 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just uploaded an updated version of web2py to my server, replacing 
>>>>>> a much older version (likely 2.12.2), and now it won't send password 
>>>>>> recovery emails.  The error in the logs is: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mail.send failure:coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, lazyT 
>>>>>> found
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This suggests to me that somehow a string is not properly being 
>>>>>> passed.  I gather that lazyT has something to do with the built-in 
>>>>>> translation capabilities of web2py?  Probably don't need to be 
>>>>>> translating 
>>>>>> email addresses (though I guess it could be trying to translate the 
>>>>>> recovery message).  Either way, GAE wants nothing to do with it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I fix this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>

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