I have forgotten my apple email password. How do I recover/ reset the password?

AFAIK, that's controlled by your ISP or mail provider. Contact them.

What is AFAIK? And How/where do I contact the ISP or mail provider?

http://www.acronymfinder.com/ for all acronyms and definitions. Your ISP is whoever you're using to connect to the Internet. Your mail provider is whoever's hosting your webmail. Might be the same.

BTW, posting to a two-year old closed topic usually won't get you any traction. Consider starting your own thread.

thanks for your reply.

I've about had it with acronyms. Sure, I know that URL. Just tired of it. Seems lazy, acronyms.

Kinda tired of the rest of it, too ... ISP, mail provider ... tangled web...