password characters

[samson]

Any idee how to limit the password characters used by the default password ?

[MailEnable-Ian]

Hi,

Do you mean the default password for a mailbox account? What version of MailEnable Enterprise are you referring to? In version 5.5 there is added password policy options where can set a policy for password character length. Right click "localhost" within the administration console and access the properties window. Next navigate to the "policies" tab.

[samson]

yes we have just upgraded to version 5.5

This option I know, but I mean limiting the default password option to specific letters, etc, We don't want the special characters, we want it to be limited to ex. A-Z, a-z, 0-9.......

The previous version did not include & # $, etc .....

greetings

[MailEnable-Ian]

Hi,

Within the new password policy options window you will see an option to enable/disable "Must contain at least one symbol". Have you disabled this option?

[samson]

Good morning,

yes we have ...
Enforce password policy ==> checked
Must contain mix ==> unchecked
Must contain at least one letter ==> unchecked
Must contain at least one numeric characater ==> unchecked
Must contain at least one symbol ==> unchecked
Must be minimum of 6 characters ==> checked

greetings

[MailEnable-Ian]

Hi,

PM (private message) the example password you are trying to add for a mailbox with the password policy enabled.

[samson]

i do not understand your question ...

I use the button generate password and there is allways a special character in there, I like to limit the generate button, manual entering is no problem

[MailEnable-Ian]

Hi,

The generate random password for a mailbox does not take into affect the password policies. This is something we will look at changing for future versions. For now you have to add a new password manually when using password policy checks.

[samson]

ok, I still think this is an error ....

Can you let us know when this will be available ? maybe small update ?

[JimMead]

I would also like the ability to be able to choose what characters are included in the random password generation

For example my current policy is less strict than I want my default passwords to be
Enforce password policy ==> checked
Must contain mix ==> unchecked
Must contain at least one letter ==> unchecked
Must contain at least one numeric characater ==> unchecked
Must contain at least one symbol ==> unchecked
Must be minimum of 7 characters ==> checked

But I would like the option to make all random passwords
Letters ==> checked
--- Mixed case ==> checked
Numbers ==> checked
Symbols ==> unchecked
Number of characters ==> 8

Hope this can be implemented sooner rather than later.

Thanks

[VFSKeith]

DId this ever get implemented? I have run into this issue repeatedly over the years. I finally went to research how to specify what characters are used when generating a password and found this post from 11 years ago. Being able to prevent certain characters from being used is essential for integrations and customer experience.