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Demon Account Passwords - a reminder.

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From: Malcolm Muir
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 00:00
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With the introduction of our Homepages service, it is appropriate to
issue a reminder to all our customers about passwords.

Your password it your key to your account. Please treat your password
carefully, in the same way as you would a bank PIN number.

Choose your password carefully. Do not use common words or words
that can be easily guessed. Choose something you can remember and try
not to write it down.

Never reveal your password to anyone else. Demon Internet staff will
never ask you for your password. Our systems will only require you to
enter your password as follows; to log on to the service; to access
your batchftp files; to access your www homepages; in the process of
changing you password.

[Note - Technical support staff may have asked customers for passwords
in the past. To improve security, this practice has now been stopped.]

Never consider 'lending' your password to others to try the service.

Do not give your password to someone so they can for example, work on
your www homepages.

You are responsible for any activity carried out from your account.
Your password is your protection from your account being abused by
others.

If you suspect your password has been compromised, you must change it
immediately.  To change your password, use a telnet application and
'telnet' to 'password.demon.co.uk'. You will be prompted through the
process of setting a new password.

If you forget or lose your password, no one at Demon can tell you what
it is. In these circumstances, support will (after a strict
verification process) reset your password to something new. Please change
any password set by Demon in this manner as soon as possible.

Malcolm Muir
Demon Internet

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Malcolm S. Muir                                Demon Internet Ltd.
Sunderland                                     322 Regents Park Road
England                                        London N3 2QQ
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From: malcolm@muir-et2.staff.demon.net (Malcolm Muir)
Subject: Demon Account Passwords - a reminder.
Date: 1996/07/31
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