> When a user registers a personal password with LISTSERV, what are the
> length and character set restrictions?  These are either not documented in
> the LISTSERV 1.8e List Owner Manual on LSoft.com, or they are not easy
> enough to find.
>
> --
> Thank you,
> Michael
>
> P.S.  My list's archives are now password-protected, so I have to teach my
> subscribers how to get a password to access them.  Of course, someone's
> going to ask why their chosen password doesn't work, so I will have to
> explain how to choose a password that will work.  I can't do that if the
> documentation doesn't publish that information.


If you try to use less than 5 characters LISTSERV will give an error and
tell you to use 5 or more. The PW box holds 40 characters, so anyone can
use a 40 character PW, if they really want to. That shouldn't be that
difficult for them to figure out :-)