Functional Mailbox

To change the password for a functional mailbox, you must enter the user ID on the mail server (account) in the following form. Please remember to inform the other users of the mailbox of the new password. If the user ID is authorised for other services, this password change has no effect on these services.

Note: It may take up to 15 minutes for the passwords to be updated in all connected systems.

Policies for the new password

1. Minimum 14 characters, maximum 40.
2. Allowed characters: uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and the following special characters !_-
3. German umlauts and other non-ASCII characters are not allowed.
4. It isn't allowed to start with a special character !_- or 3 equal characters (i.e. aaa).
5. The first three characters of the password may not appear in the same order as in your UniAccount.
6. The new password isn't allowed to be identical to your UniAccount (even read backwards!).
7. The new password isn't allowed to be identical to your old password.