I thought so, I was kinda hoping it wasn't going to be a "one or the other" solution. But that's fine.

I had to apply that hack because the webhost I have doesn't allow the mail() function for security reasons....so, new registrations were getting a nasty error instead of an email with a password.

Do you have any advice for me as I try to learn how the hack messes with a good thing to give me a functionality I need?

Besides make backups often