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I also have a hard time believing this as my password is 12 characters long, contains non-alphanumeric characters, and I cannot log into mail.msu.edu with the case-insensitive truncated version of my password. +-------------------------------------------+ | Michael Surato | | Resource Center for Persons | | with Disabilities | | Michigan State University | | 120 Bessey Hall | | East Lansing, MI 48824 | | Voice: (517) 353-9643 Fax: (517) 432-3191 | +-------------------------------------------+ | E-mail: [log in to unmask] | +-------------------------------------------+ -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of STeve Andre' Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 12:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MSUNAG] Maximum length of a msunet id I was just informed that passwords for an MSU Net id can only be 6 to 8 characters, alpha or numeric only, no other characters allowed, case insensitive. This is news to me. Is this really true? I just got this from a consultant. I'm having a hard time believing this. I've been encouraging my people to make up longer passwords, sigh. --STeve Andre' Political Science