Answers.Body: <p>Since I was short on time I ended up reinstalling Craft. Not exactly a minimum effort solution, but it fixed the backend > settings > email problem (and the updates page, that was not functioning properly as well). However, new install would not show my plugin in backend > settings > plugins. The solution to this, was to create a bare minimum test plugin (just copy pasted from <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/plugins/setting-things-up" rel="nofollow">https://craftcms.com/docs/plugins/setting-things-up</a>), after which both the test plugin and my real plugin showed up in backend. All seem ok now.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm trying to set up SMTP in Craft backend Settings > Email to get Mandrill working. But regardless of which protocol I choose, no settings fields are shown, and when I click save it just says "Couldn’t save email settings". It's the same in both Firefox and Chrome.</p>
  
  <p>What could be the problem here, and how do I fix it?</p>
  
  <p>Many thanks in advance and best regards.</p>
  
  <p>/Monkey</p>
  
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Comments.Text: In your browser, are you seeing any assets not loading/errors?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Matt P
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Comments.Text: @ Jeoren: I poked around in the log files but could not decipher anything that would help. But there might be something in there that I don't understand. Don't matter now though, see @ All: below. Thanks for trying to help! *bowing*
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Comments.Text: @ Matt: got some internal server error on .../js/email_settings.js?x=... Don't matter now though, see @ All: below. Thanks for trying to help! bowing
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Comments.Text: @ All:  Ended up reinstalling Craft CMS, and that fixed it. Now, I just have to get my plugin to install. <=)
Comments.UserDisplayName: CodeMonkey
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Comments.Text: Had to create a temporary 'Test' plugin for the new install of Craft to wake up and show my real plugin in the backend > settings > plugins. All is ok now. :)
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Comments.Text: @CodeMonkey would you mind adding your solution as an official answer?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brad Bell
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Comments.Text: @Brad I've posted my brute force solution below, but I can not mark it as a solution until tomorrow. <=)
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Tags: <emails><settings><mandrill>
Title: Why are the email settings fields not showing, and how do I fix this?
ThreadText: # Why are the email settings fields not showing, and how do I fix this?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-07)
  
  I'm trying to set up SMTP in Craft backend Settings > Email to get Mandrill working. But regardless of which protocol I choose, no settings fields are shown, and when I click save it just says "Couldn’t save email settings". It's the same in both Firefox and Chrome.
  
  What could be the problem here, and how do I fix it?
  
  Many thanks in advance and best regards.
  
  /Monkey
  
  **Tags:** emails, settings, mandrill
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: In your browser, are you seeing any assets not loading/errors?  
  > **username_0**: @ Jeoren: I poked around in the log files but could not decipher anything that would help. But there might be something in there that I don't understand. Don't matter now though, see @ All: below. Thanks for trying to help! *bowing*  
  > **username_0**: @ username_1: got some internal server error on .../js/email_settings.js?x=... Don't matter now though, see @ All: below. Thanks for trying to help! bowing  
  > **username_0**: @ All:  Ended up reinstalling Craft CMS, and that fixed it. Now, I just have to get my plugin to install. <=)  
  > **username_0**: Had to create a temporary 'Test' plugin for the new install of Craft to wake up and show my real plugin in the backend > settings > plugins. All is ok now. :)  
  > **username_2**: @username_0 would you mind adding your solution as an official answer?  
  > **username_0**: @username_2 I've posted my brute force solution below, but I can not mark it as a solution until tomorrow. <=)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-03-08. Score: 1
  
  Since I was short on time I ended up reinstalling Craft. Not exactly a minimum effort solution, but it fixed the backend > settings > email problem (and the updates page, that was not functioning properly as well). However, new install would not show my plugin in backend > settings > plugins. The solution to this, was to create a bare minimum test plugin (just copy pasted from <https://craftcms.com/docs/plugins/setting-things-up>), after which both the test plugin and my real plugin showed up in backend. All seem ok now.
  
  
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