1 =head1 NAME

     2 

     3 vmailmgr - a package to manage virtual mailboxes and aliases

     4 

     5 =head1 DESCRIPTION

     6 

     7 This document describes the vmailmgr package which contains, among other

     8 things, a virtualizing password

     9 checking interface for qmail-pop3d.

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

    11 utility with several significant enhancements.

    12 

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

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

    15 possible.

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

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

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

    19 

    20 =over 8

    21 

    22 =item 1

    23 

    24 Compiled code will be more efficient than code executed by an

    25 interpreter, such as perl or java

    26 

    27 =item 2

    28 

    29 There is no need for an

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

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

    32 

    33 =back

    34 

    35 =head1 SEE ALSO

    36 

    37 checkvpw(8),

    38 vaddalias(1),

    39 vadduser(1),

    40 vdelalias(1),

    41 vdeliver(1),

    42 vdeluser(1),

    43 vmailmgrd(8),

    44 vpasswd(1),

    45 vsetup(1)

    46 

    47 =head1 AUTHOR

    48 

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

    50 

    51 =head1 HISTORY

    52 

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

    54 "core" of the package.