How to change the password for mail

How to change the password for mail

From time to time for the purpose of safety of e-mail it is recommended to change the password used for an entrance to e-mail. It will provide to an e-mail additional protection and also will help to come into mail in case of loss of the password.

It is required to you

  • - the registered e-mail on mail.ru;
  • - Internet access.

Instruction

1. To change the password on the mail.ru portal, visit the homepage of service and in the left part of the page where at once under a logo of a resource the inscription "Mail" in the corresponding line is located specify your login (e-mail address). Then click the link "Forgot the Password?" and pass to the new page intended for recovery of the account.

2. For a start here you will need to specify once again the e-mail address, at the same time do not forget to select the correct domain. On their mail.ru a little: bk.ru, inbox.ru, list.ru, mail.ru. After that it is necessary to click "Restore" and pass to the next step.

3. To continue the procedure of password recovery, on the following opened page it is required to enter in the special field characters from the picture. After that the SMS message with the code will be sent to phone which number was specified during registration of an e-mail. It will need to be entered for continuation of the procedure of recovery later. Specify a combination of letters and digits in the respective field, then click with the inscription "Receive the Code by SMS". If you cannot sort that is precisely written on the picture, click the link "I Do Not See the Code", and the picture will be updated. And you will be able to repeat set attempt once again.

4. Within several seconds on phone which number was entered on the page of password recovery earlier SMS with the alphanumeric cipher will arrive. Already new page will need to specify it in a special window. And only after that it is necessary to click "Is ready".

5. The last step of restoring access to e-mail consists already in change of the password. The new combination of characters which you are going to use further for an entrance to the mailbox should be written at the next stage where the new page with two lines will open. Specify the new password in the top column then repeat it already in lower. Then click "Enter Mail".

6. For convenience it is recommended to write and save the password in the new text document. In this case you will not need to specify constantly it at an entrance to mail, will be to copy the password from the file enough and to insert it in the special column on the homepage of service.

7. If you remember the password, but just in case decided to change it, it is possible to use the above way or to use the second option for this purpose. For it you will need to come into e-mail and on a top panel of tools to find the Still button, to click it and in the dropping-out window to select the Setup item. After that you will pass to the new page where you will need to find the section "Password and Safety". These links are both in the center of the page, and in its left part. Press this button and find the button with the inscription "Change the Password" in the opened window. Click the link and in the corresponding lines specify the existing password and new which will need to be repeated once again in a bottom line in a new window. In the special field enter characters from the picture and click "Change". After execution of this step for an entrance to mail you will need to specify already new password.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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