User guide

6. Mailbox Options
Mailbox Options 6-7
Changing Your Password
Your system administrator can set a minimum password length to increase
PhoneMail security. You cannot have a password shorter than the specified
length. Maximum password length is 24 digits.
Forced Password Expiration
PhoneMail can be configured to force passwords to be changed after a set
period of time.
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When you enter a password, it is given a maximum time
period for which it is valid. At a predetermined time before your password
expires, you will be warned when you log on that your password will expire
in
n
number of days. When your password expiration date has passed, you
will be required to change your password the next time you log on.
Trivial Password Rejection
Passwords can be disallowed by the system if they appear to be trivial or
easily guessed by an outsider. Trivial passwords include those that are:
• Already in use
• Previously used
• All the same digit
• Digits ascending or descending in sequence
• Identical to the mailbox number
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Ask your system administrator if you have the forced password expiration fea-
ture.
To Change Your Password:
Call the PhoneMail
system to
access
From the home state, Select
Change
select
Mailbox
your mailbox
.
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Options
by pressing:
Password
by
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Dial your new Press:
The system
verifies your
new pass-
word.
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pressing:
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