Server/Clients and Their Supported Password Lengths
Passwords of between 8 and 125 characters may be set from the http://www.umn.edu/myaccount Web page. Several clients and 2 servers are known not to support the full 125 characters. Below is the current list of servers and the length of passwords known to work, along with several clients (mostly under WinXP SP2) which have been tested.
| Servers | Length of | Clients for | Length of |
Cucipop | 125 characters | WinXP/Eudora 6.2 | 125 characters |
| WinXP/Netscape Messenger 4.8 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Netscape Mail 7.2 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Opera 7.54u1 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Outlook 2003 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Outlook Express 6.0 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Thunderbird 1.0 | 125 characters | ||
Internet Account Options | 125 characters | ||
ftpd | at least 50 characters | Solaris 2.6, 8, 9 ftp | 50 characters |
| WinXP ftp | 32 characters | ||
imapd | 125 characters | WinXP/Eudora 6.2 | 125 characters |
| WinXP/Netscape Messenger 4.8 | 54 characters | ||
| WinXP/Netscape Mail 7.2 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Opera 7.54u1 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Outlook 2003 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Outlook Express 6.0 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Thunderbird 1.0 | 125 characters | ||
login | 125 characters | ||
SASL | 125 characters | WinXP/Eudora 6.2 | 64 characters |
| WinXP/Netscape Messenger 4.8 | 43 characters | ||
| WinXP/Netscape Mail 7.2 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Opera 7.54u1 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Outlook 2003 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Outlook Express 6.0 | 125 characters | ||
| WinXP/Thunderbird 1.0 | 125 characters | ||
sshd | 125 characters | Solaris 2.6, 8, 9 ssh | 125 characters |
| WinXP putty | 99 characters | ||
telnetd | 125 characters | Solaris 2.6, 8, 9 telnet | 125 characters |
UMCal
|
at least 78 characters | Linux client | 63 characters |
| Mac client | 64 characters | ||
| WinXP client | 78 characters | ||
UMN Wireless authentication |
125 characters | (various Web browsers) | |