Security-related question about a possible exposed credential

[Emma-NYL]

Hello,

My name is Emma, I am conducting an academic study on possible credential exposure in public GitHub repositories.

While analyzing this repository, I found a string that may represent a credential. I'm including the code snippet below containing possible leakage. To avoid exposing sensitive information publicly, I marked the sensitive information.

Could you please help clarify whether the detected string is:

1. a real credential, or
2. a placeholder / example value?

Thank you for your time.

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Code snippet (sensitive values masked):

    SmtpParams smtpParams;
    smtpParams.strHost = "smtp.csu.edu.cn";
    smtpParams.iPort = 25;
    smtpParams.enumConnectionType = TcpConnection;
    smtpParams.enumAuthMethod = AuthLogin;
    smtpParams.strUserName = "14****065";
    smtpParams.strPassword = "x****";
    smtpParams.iConnectionTimeout = 10000;
    smtpParams.iResponseTimeout = 10000;
    smtpParams.iSendMessageTimeout = 10000;

    SmtpClient sc(smtpParams);

Thank you in advance for your time - I really appreciate it!

Sincerely,
Emma

[HiJoeZ]

I am glad to receive your email, and I recognize that this code should be a real cerdential. I hope it will be helpful to you

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