Setting the mailbox password rules

Last Updated : Nov 26, 2020 |

About this task

The IP Office system controls the rules applied to mailbox passwords. These are:

  • Whether the password has a minimum length and what that length is.

  • Whether complexity rules are applied when passwords are changed.

Note:

You can set and change (though not see) mailbox passwords through theIP Office system configuration. The passwords set there do not need to comply with the password enforcement rules. However, when changed by the user, the password enforcement rules are applied.

Procedure

  1. Use IP Office Manager to receive the configuration of the IP Office system.
  2. Select System and then select the Voicemail tab.

    Enforcement: Default = On

    When selected, the requirements for minimum password length and complexity below are applied when a user changes a mailbox password.

    • Minimum length: Default = 4

      Sets the minimum password length allowed on password changes when Enforcement is selected.

    • Complexity: Default = On

      When selected, the following complexity rules are applied to new mailbox passwords:

      • No forward (eg. 1234) or reverse (4321) sequence of numbers.

      • No repeated digits (eg. 1111).

      • No match to the extension number.

  3. Click OK.
  4. Click the icon to save any changes back to the IP Office system.
Related information
User voicemail access