Set secure password requirements for SmarterMail

This article will go over setting up secure password requirements as the SmarterMail server administrator. This is useful to prevent spam and abuse from coming from the server and thus leading to blacklists.

To force secure passwords for users in SmarterMail, please follow these steps:

1. Log into the email domain as the domain administrator.
2. Navigate to Security > Advanced Settings > Password Requirements.

   

3. From there, select a Minimum Password Length and check the Enabled checkbox. We typically recommend a password of 8 characters. You will also want to check off the respective checkboxes below that for additional security:

   

Leave the last option disabled. The reason for this is that if a customer has the password 'password' it is indeed 8 characters but does not match the other 5 options. Once satisfied click Save and this will be a server wide change immediately.

Note: When enabling this, this only applies to those who use the SmarterMail web interface. If a user is using a third party mail client such as Outlook their password will remain what it was and they will NOT be prompted to change the password until they log into the web interface next time.