user docs: Update a few articles in account basics.

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# Change your email address
If enabled by Zulip organization administrator, you can change your email address
using the following steps.
By default, anyone can change their email address at any time.
Organization adminstrators can
[restrict users to certain email domains](/help/change-a-users-name), or
[prevent users from changing their email](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes).
{settings_tab|your-account}
2. Click on the **[Change]** link beside your email address.
2. Under **User settings**, click on the button with your email address.
3. Enter your new email, and click **Change**.
4. You will receive a confirmation email within a few minutes. Open it and click **Confirm email change**.
!!! warn ""
**Note:** If you do not see the [Change] link,
it is probably because your organization's administrators
have disabled change of email addresses.
If that's the case, then you need to ask them to
allow users to change their email address.
3. Change your email in the **Email** field.
4. Click on the **Change** button to receive a confirmation mail.
5. Click on the **Confirmation link** send to your new email address.
Congratulations! You have updated your email address.
**Note:** If you are unable to click on the button with your email address, check
that your organization allows email changes. Follow the steps at
[prevent users from changing their names](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes)
to view your organization's settings.

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By default, everyone can change their name in Zulip. You can write your name
in any language you'd like.
Organization administrators can
[change anyone's name](/help/change-a-users-name), and
Organization administrators can [change anyone's name](/help/change-a-users-name), and
[prevent users from changing their names](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes). This
is useful when users' names are managed via LDAP or another data source.
1. From your desktop, click on the **gear**
(<i class="icon-vector-cog"></i>) in the upper right corner.
{settings_tab|your-account}
1. Select **Settings** from the dropdown.
1. Click the button with your name in it, under **User settings**.
!!! warn ""
**Note:** If clicking on the button doesn't work, check that your
organization allows name changes. Follow the steps at
[prevent users from changing their names](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes)
and see if the relevant box is checked.
1. Under **User settings**, click on the button with your name in it.
1. Change your name, and click **Save**.
!!! warn ""
**Note:** If you are unable to click on the button with your name, check
that your organization allows name changes. Follow the steps at
[prevent users from changing their names](/help/restrict-name-and-email-changes)
to view your organization's settings.

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# Change your password
## If you know your current password
You can reset your password at any time, as long as you either know your
current password, or have access to the email address associated with your
account.
### If you've forgotten or never had a password
1. Log out.
1. Go to your organization's login page.
2. Below the **Password** field, click **Forgot password**.
3. Enter your email address, and click **Reset password**.
4. You will receive a confirmation email within a few minutes. Open it and click **Reset password**.
### If you know your current password
{settings_tab|your-account}
2. Click the **Change password** button located underneath your name.
3. You will first be asked to enter your old password, and then to
enter a new password and to confirm it.
2. Under **User settings**, click on the password field (it should look like `********`).
!!! warn ""
**Note:** Your password must be six characters or longer.
{!save-changes.md!} account settings.
## If you forgot your password
If you've forgotten your password, you can easily reset it using your e-mail.
1. Go to your organization's Zulip homepage.
2. Click the **Forgot password?** link below the **Password** field.
3. In the new form you see, enter your email address in the **Email** field
and click the **Reset password** button.
You will receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password.
3. Enter your old password and your new password, and click **Change**.