Well, if anyone wants to read that story I was going to post, e-mail me (natterjak-at-yahoo-dot-com). I'm going to have to upgrade MT to get anywhere with this password function, and that's going to take an enormous amount of time.
What I can't figure out is how MovableType has had an invalid .zip file of their software available for download. How has this not come to anyone's attention? Unless I'm doing something wrong - but the .zip for the 4.0 beta works fine for me. I may end up upgrading to the beta, but the bugs make me nervous. At this point though, I don't really have a choice!
Whatever the case, it's going to take some time. Bleh.

I'll bite. Email me!