User Dashboard Password Restrictions (client portal)

[zikzak]

This is the requirements for my account password (for the "user dashboard"... I don't know what else to call it... for the "Client Portal")

(6 char: Aa-Zz & 0-9 only)

Why on earth is this the password requirements?
Why can't I have a long password which includes symbols?

Surely there must be some reason for this. If not please remove these bizarre restrictions.

 

[KH-Joel]

This is a restriction by the billing system we use. We will be changing billing systems this year so this won't apply then. Yes, it makes no sense but we can't change it as we didn't design the system.