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Table 8 Steps to Changing Your Password

Feature	Business Phone	Basic Phone	Analog Phone
Password — Change
If your system uses NBX	Msg button	Msg button	500 ** + extension
Messaging — Follow the NBX	+ current password	+ current password	+ current password
voice prompts to change your NBX	+ #	+ #	+ #
password and NBX NetSet	+ 2	+ 2	+ 2
password. They are the same.	+ follow the prompts	+ follow the prompts	+ follow the prompts
NBX Messaging users can also use
the Feature Code method, next, to
change passwords.
If your system uses a	Feature	Feature	#
messaging application other	+ 434	+ 434	(Feature Entry Tone)
than NBX Messaging — Use this	+ current password	+ current password	+ 434
code sequence to change your	+ #	+ #	(Feature Entry Tone)
password for the NBX NetSet	+ new password	+ new password	+ current password
utility.	+ #	+ #	+ #
3Com recommends that you use	+ repeat new password	+ repeat new password	(Feature Entry Tone)
			+ new password
the same password for NBX NetSet
			+ #
and your messaging application.
			(Feature Entry Tone)
			+ repeat new password
			+ #
			(Confirmation Tone)
Security Tips ■	Change your password often.

■Do not use passwords that can easily identify you, such as your phone extension or birth date.

■Avoid simple passwords such as 1234 or 0000.

■Use numbers only; do not use * or # as part of your password.

■Longer passwords are more secure.

■Never tell your password to anyone.

Changing Your	Change your personal greeting often, to let callers know, for instance,
Name	that you are on vacation, available at another number, or unavailable for

Announcement and a specified amount of time.

Personal Greeting

You may also want to change the greeting to say that your extension is a “greeting-only mailbox,” so that callers do not attempt to leave messages. See “Greeting-Only Mailbox” later in this chapter.