Your Messaging Server password assures secure access to your email account.
Note: If you forget your password, your mail administrator can issue a new one for you.
The Messaging Server might not be configured to allow you to change your own password. If this is the case, you will not see a Password field in the Preferences menu of the Preferences Manager and you must ask your mail administrator to change your password for you.
To change your password, in the Preferences Manager select Preferences, then Change Password. After entering your old password, enter your new password and re-enter your new password for confirmation, then click on Apply. If any of your entries are incorrect, you will be prompted to start again.
Here are some basic guidelines for choosing and maintaining passwords:
Change your password if you think it has been compromised, or according to your mail administrator's directions.
Make the password at least eight characters in length, and include letters, digits, and punctuation marks (for example: frAiJ6*).
Do not use a password that is easy to guess. A password must not be a name, nickname, proper noun, or word found in the dictionary. Do not use your birthday or a number in your address.
Do not use words spelled backwards.
Do not start or end a password with a single number. For example, do not use terry9 as your password.
Use different passwords on different machines. Do not make the passwords reflect the names of the machines.
Keep your password secret. A password should never be written down, shared with another person, sent over email, or spoken. Treat your password like the PIN number for your bank card.
Do not reuse a password. This increases the probability of someone guessing it.
Do not type a password while someone is watching your fingers.