doc/web/source/features.rst
changeset 579 be0906181a10
child 706 6c369b680ab0
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/doc/web/source/features.rst	Sun Jul 29 14:46:52 2012 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+===============
+Features of vmm
+===============
+
+General features
+----------------
+ ‣ Unicode/UTF-8 capable (input/storage/output)
+ ‣ supports IDN_
+ ‣ supports the mailbox format Maildir_ and Dovecot's own high-performance
+   mailbox formats single- and multi-\ dbox_
+ ‣ configurable basic mailbox structure, including sub-mailboxes
+ ‣ multilingual — currently:
+
+  * Dutch
+  * English
+  * Finnish
+  * French
+  * German
+  * Vietnamese
+
+Domain features
+---------------
+ ‣ configurable transport_ setting per domain
+ ‣ unique group identifier (GID) per domain
+ ‣ each domain may have one or more alias domain names
+ ‣ activate or deactivate services (SMTP, POP3, IMAP and ManageSieve) for new
+   or all accounts of a domain
+ ‣ configurable quota limits (size and/or number of messages) for the
+   domain's accounts
+ ‣ supports relocated_ users
+ ‣ the postmaster account can be created automatically when a new domain is
+   created
+ ‣ supports per-domain catch-all aliases
+
+Alias domain features
+---------------------
+ ‣ alias domain names can be switched between domains
+
+Account features
+----------------
+ ‣ configurable transport per account
+ ‣ activate or deactivate one/more/all services (SMTP, POP3, IMAP and
+   ManageSieve) per account
+ ‣ configurable quota limit (size and/or number of messages) per user
+ ‣ per-account configuration overrides defaults defined by the domain,
+   otherwise the setting is inherited
+ ‣ unique user identifier (UID) per user
+
+Alias features
+--------------
+ ‣ supports multiple destinations per e-mail alias
+ ‣ destinations can be deleted separately
+ ‣ respects Postfix' virtual_alias_expansion_limit_ on creation
+ ‣ destinations can be interpolated using the original address' local-part
+   and domain, allowing aliases to have different meaning in alias domains,
+   e.g. with the following defined in example.org::
+
+    postmaster@example.org  →  postmaster+%d@admin.example.org
+
+   If example.com is an alias domain of example.org, the alias will become::
+
+    postmaster@example.org  →  postmaster+example.org@admin.example.org
+    postmaster@example.com  →  postmaster+example.com@admin.example.org
+
+Wanted features
+---------------
+ ‣ Do you want more? Please use the `issue tracker`_ to submit your proposal.
+
+.. include:: ext_references.rst