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Mail@UMD Password Information

• Getting Started With Mail@UMD
  Basic information about Mail@umd accounts
• Your Mail@UMD Password is Your Directory Password
  Mail@UMD uses the University Directory for authhentication
• What Is My Directory ID?
  How to find out what your directory ID is.
• What Is My Directory Password?
  How to change your directory password, even if you've forgotten it
• Changing Stored E-mail Passwords
  How to change your stored password in the various e-mail clients.
• How to Reset a Lost or Forgotten Directory Password
  Use the Directory Password tool to reset your own password.
• Important Directory Password Expiration Information
  Information and links regarding the change in policy for UM Directory passwords.
• Problems With Certain Characters in Directory Passwords
  Some special characters cause problems with the ARES Common Login and the Testudo login
• Set or Update the Security Questions for your Directory Password
  Set answers to the security questions which enables you to reset your own Directory Password, even if lost or forgotten
• Systems That use Directory ID to Login
  Systems that use Directory ID & password to authenticate