: Require minimum lengths, special characters, and regular updates for all administrative accounts.
This first user account automatically receives Global Administrator privileges.
In addition to changing the default admin password, here are some best practices to help secure your MDaemon email server: mdaemon default admin password
If you have physical or RDP access to the Windows server where MDaemon is installed, you do not need the current password to change it: Open the (Configuration Session). Go to Accounts > Account Manager . Double-click the administrator account (e.g., postmaster ).
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When creating new administrator accounts, enable the option. This forces the new administrator to set their own credentials rather than working with a temporary password that might be forgotten or exposed.
MDaemon stores account configurations locally. You can reset an admin password by modifying the configuration files directly on the server. hosting MDaemon. Go to Accounts > Account Manager
Organizations should document their recovery procedures in advance. The simplest safeguard is to ensure multiple global administrator accounts exist, so one compromised or forgotten credential does not lock everyone out.
Summary: There is no single universal "default admin password" for MDaemon Server itself; MDaemon enforces strong password defaults and administrators set the initial admin password during installation. However, some MDaemon-related products/tools and recovery procedures use a known temporary password value in specific reset commands or scenarios — for example, SecurityGateway's database reset tool sets global admin passwords to "admin" when invoked as documented by MDaemon.