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<TITLE> VMailMgr HOWTO: Introduction</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
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<P>VMailMgr (short for Virtual MAIL ManaGeR) is a package of programs designed to manage
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multiple domains of mail addresses and mailboxes on a single host. It co-operates with
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qmail for mail delivery and program control.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 What is VMailMgr and why should I use it?</A>
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</H2>
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<P>VMailMgr is:
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<P>A series of utilities for managing virtual domains which include a password checking interface for qmail which
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replaces the usual checkpassword, and an authentication module
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for Courier IMAP, that provide access to the virtual mailboxes by one of
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three methods:
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<UL>
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<LI> IP-based virtual server access (invisible to the POP3 user) </LI>
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<LI> username-based access (username-virtualuser) </LI>
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<LI> hostname-based access (virtualuser@virtual.host or virtualuser:virtual.host) </LI>
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<P>You should use it if:
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<P>You prefer to have each domain controlled by a seperate username,
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allowing the use of system quotas and better security
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 New versions </A>
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</H2>
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<P>The newest version of this can be found on my homepage
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<A HREF="http://www.clearrivertech.com/linux/HOWTO">http://www.clearrivertech.com/linux/HOWTO</A> as SGML source, as HTML and as TEXT.
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Other versions may be found in different formats at the LDP homepage
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">http://www.linuxdoc.org/</A>.
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A copy can also be found on the VMailMgr homepage
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<A HREF="http://em.ca/~bruceg/vmailmgr/">http://em.ca/~bruceg/vmailmgr/</A>
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in its HTML version as well as in the VMailMgr source package as both
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SGML source and as HTML.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 Comments </A>
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</H2>
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<P>Comments on this HOWTO should be directed to the VMailMgr mailing list.
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To subscribe, send an email to
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<A HREF="mailto:vmailmgr@lists.em.ca">vmailmgr@lists.em.ca</A>.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.4">1.4 History </A>
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</H2>
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<P>This document was started by Bruce Guenter and reworked by Dan Kuykendall.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.5">1.5 Version History </A>
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</H2>
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<P>Old Version
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<LI>Created by Bruce, wasn't in SGML HOWTO format.</LI>
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<P>v1.0 (April 20, 2000)
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<LI>Built proper SGML version.</LI>
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<LI>Included the FAQ.</LI>
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<LI>Other minor additions.</LI>
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<P>v1.1 (April 23, 2000)
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<LI>Split the FAQ to a seperate file, but included some important info from the FAQ.</LI>
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<LI>Updated the Courier-IMAP support section.</LI>
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<LI>Switched the license to the GNU FDL.</LI>
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<LI>Other minor additions.</LI>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.6">1.6 Copyrights and Trademarks </A>
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</H2>
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<P>Copyright (c) Dan Kuykendall.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation
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<P>A copy of the license is available at
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<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.txt">GNU Free Documentation License</A>.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.7">1.7 Acknowledgements and Thanks </A>
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</H2>
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<P>Thanks to Bruce Guenter for VMailMgr and the core of this HOWTO. Thanks to Mike Bell,
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who always seems to have the answers to my questions. Finally, thanks to all those on the
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<A HREF="mailto:vmailmgr@lists.em.ca">vmailmgr@lists.em.ca</A> mailing list who have helped me, or asked the same
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stuff so many times that I had to write this to stop the repeat questions.
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