E-mail Password Requirements
Technical Information
Written by Justin Carlson
Updated at June 17th, 2025
MarketingIdeasForPrinters.com, in an effort to minimize the vulnerability of e-mail accounts that could be compromised by outside sources, has established the following requirements for e-mail passwords:
Your security is important to us! By enforcing these requirements we are able to greatly reduce the opportunities for spammers to gain access to your account and send spam from your e-mail address.
- The password cannot be "password"
- The password cannot contain your domain name
- The password cannot contain your user name
- The password cannot contain a numeric sequence more than 3 characters
- The password must be at least 8 characters long and must include at least 3 of the following:
- one lowercase letter
- one uppercase letter
- one number
- one non-alphanumeric (ex: !, $, #, %, space, etc.)
Your security is important to us! By enforcing these requirements we are able to greatly reduce the opportunities for spammers to gain access to your account and send spam from your e-mail address.