Disregard the posts from me added to threads on the login problem, which seems to affect certain Joomla systems. It appears I was locked from the admin backend only coincidentally after upgrading CB due to host SITEGROUND changing the mail system architecture (with a very late warning). This appears to have caused plugin/mambot contentbymail (AKA CBM) to fail in a way that prohibits backend logins.
I still have the registration emails [PASSWORD] problem, but other than problems caused by the host, nothign else.
Other people using Mambo/Joomla and CBM take note.