- Enable Confirmation before Deleting Messages Select to prompt subscribers to confirm message deletions. When cleared, deleted messages can still be reviewed during the same session. This check box is cleared by default.
- Enable Extended Password Security Select to force subscribers to press [#] after entering their mailbox password. If subscribers do not press [#] when this check box is selected, the system waits for a response and then permits access, as long as the correct password was entered. When this check box is cleared, subscribers can open their mailboxes as soon as the last digit of their password is entered. This check box is selected by default.
- Minimum Password Length Enter a value to specify the minimum number of digits for a mailbox password. The range is 0 through 32 and the default is 4. If you enter 0, subscribers are not required to enter a password. Therefore, 0 is not a recommended value for security reasons. Increasing the number of digits in a password lowers the probability that an unauthorized user can gain access.
If you change the minimum password length to a higher value, existing subscribers are prompted to enter a new password containing the new minimum number of digits before they can proceed.
- Enable Password Expiry Select to expire a subscriber's password after the time interval you specify in the Days before Password Expiry field. This check box is cleared by default.
- Days before Password Expiry Enter the time interval, in days, from the date subscribers last changed their passwords before they are forced to change them again. The range is 1 through 999 and the default is 60. It is recommended that subscribers enter a new password at least every six months to reduce unauthorized user access.
- Login Failures before Disconnection Enter a number to specify how many password entry errors per call subscribers can make before they are disconnected. The range is 1 through 99 and the default is 3.
- Number of Previous Passwords Disallowed Enter the number of different passwords a user must use before any old (previous) passwords can be reused.
- Initial Password for New Mailboxes:
- None Select to allow new subscribers to open their mailboxes without entering a password, if the minimum password length is set to zero. For security reasons, use this option with caution.
- Default Select to assign the default password to all new mailboxes. The default password is a string of 1s, for example, 1111 if the value entered in the Minimum Password Length field is 4. It is recommended that you make the default password more secure by entering a new number in the Default Password field.
- Random Select to assign a different randomly generated password to each new mailbox. On creating a subscriber account, a message box appears containing the password, which the administrator must communicate to the mailbox subscriber. “Random” is the default password method and is the most secure.
