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     1 ===============
       
     2 Features of vmm
       
     3 ===============
       
     4 
       
     5 General features
       
     6 ----------------
       
     7  ‣ Unicode/UTF-8 capable (input/storage/output)
       
     8  ‣ supports IDN_
       
     9  ‣ supports the mailbox format Maildir_ and Dovecot's own high-performance
       
    10    mailbox formats single- and multi-\ dbox_
       
    11  ‣ configurable basic mailbox structure, including sub-mailboxes
       
    12  ‣ multilingual — currently:
       
    13 
       
    14   * Dutch
       
    15   * English
       
    16   * Finnish
       
    17   * French
       
    18   * German
       
    19   * Vietnamese
       
    20 
       
    21 Domain features
       
    22 ---------------
       
    23  ‣ configurable transport_ setting per domain
       
    24  ‣ unique group identifier (GID) per domain
       
    25  ‣ each domain may have one or more alias domain names
       
    26  ‣ activate or deactivate services (SMTP, POP3, IMAP and ManageSieve) for new
       
    27    or all accounts of a domain
       
    28  ‣ configurable quota limits (size and/or number of messages) for the
       
    29    domain's accounts
       
    30  ‣ supports relocated_ users
       
    31  ‣ the postmaster account can be created automatically when a new domain is
       
    32    created
       
    33  ‣ supports per-domain catch-all aliases
       
    34 
       
    35 Alias domain features
       
    36 ---------------------
       
    37  ‣ alias domain names can be switched between domains
       
    38 
       
    39 Account features
       
    40 ----------------
       
    41  ‣ configurable transport per account
       
    42  ‣ activate or deactivate one/more/all services (SMTP, POP3, IMAP and
       
    43    ManageSieve) per account
       
    44  ‣ configurable quota limit (size and/or number of messages) per user
       
    45  ‣ per-account configuration overrides defaults defined by the domain,
       
    46    otherwise the setting is inherited
       
    47  ‣ unique user identifier (UID) per user
       
    48 
       
    49 Alias features
       
    50 --------------
       
    51  ‣ supports multiple destinations per e-mail alias
       
    52  ‣ destinations can be deleted separately
       
    53  ‣ respects Postfix' virtual_alias_expansion_limit_ on creation
       
    54  ‣ destinations can be interpolated using the original address' local-part
       
    55    and domain, allowing aliases to have different meaning in alias domains,
       
    56    e.g. with the following defined in example.org::
       
    57 
       
    58     postmaster@example.org  →  postmaster+%d@admin.example.org
       
    59 
       
    60    If example.com is an alias domain of example.org, the alias will become::
       
    61 
       
    62     postmaster@example.org  →  postmaster+example.org@admin.example.org
       
    63     postmaster@example.com  →  postmaster+example.com@admin.example.org
       
    64 
       
    65 Wanted features
       
    66 ---------------
       
    67  ‣ Do you want more? Please use the `issue tracker`_ to submit your proposal.
       
    68 
       
    69 .. include:: ext_references.rst