diff -r 000000000000 -r 6f7a81934006 doc/vmailmgr.pod --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/doc/vmailmgr.pod Wed Jan 16 22:39:43 2008 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +=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: + +=over 8 + +=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 >. + +=head1 HISTORY + +B used to be called B, named for the original +"core" of the package.