Administer Websites - no websites (in CS3)

Hello,
I am using Contribute CS3.
When I go to Edit -> Administer Websites, it shows <no websites> greyed out.
I have reinstalled Contribute from scratch and recreated the connection twice with the same results.
When I select "My Connections", the administrator is displayed as "[email protected]", I have no idea who that is and, whoever that may be, certainly isn't the administrator I want. Any attempt to change the administrator asks for a password which I have no idea what it may be.
This is the first website I created a connection to.
I need to somehow set the administrator to the rightful administrator (not [email protected]) and apparently cannot do so until the <no website> problem is fixed.
help solving this problem is greatly appreciated,
Thank you,
John.

Hello Dominic,
Thank you very much for your reply.
I do have FTP access access to the website. I will try your suggestion when my client comes back from his business trip. At that time, I will set your suggestion to "correct"/"helpful" as appropriate
I am just being cautious to wait until he is back. I'll make a backup of any files I modify anyway.
Again, thank you, I have a feeling that what you suggested will work,
John.

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