=head1 NAME

vmailmgr - a package to manage virtual mailboxes and aliases

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This document describes the vmailmgr package which contains, among other

things, a virtualizing password

checking interface for qmail-pop3d.

It is intended as a drop-in replacement for the standard checkpassword

utility with several significant enhancements.

One of the goals of building this package was to provide a usable virtual

mail interface that was efficient and as fully integrated into qmail as

possible.

This means that this package attempts to use the same control files that

qmail uses to determine if a user is logging in via a virtual host.

It also implies that all programs should be compiled for two reasons:

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=item 1

Compiled code will be more efficient than code executed by an

interpreter, such as perl or java

=item 2

There is no need for an

interpreter to reside on the system once the code is compiled, eliminating

concerns that such an interpreter could be used as an exploit in itself.

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

checkvpw(8),

vaddalias(1),

vadduser(1),

vdelalias(1),

vdeliver(1),

vdeluser(1),

vmailmgrd(8),

vpasswd(1),

vsetup(1)

=head1 AUTHOR

Bruce Guenter <F<bruceg@em.ca>>.

=head1 HISTORY

B<vmailmgr> used to be called B<checkvpw>, named for the original

"core" of the package.