checkpw is a simple and flexible checkpassword interface package. checkpw checks password which is stored in a file in the Maildir directory. The file has read and write permissions to the user only. checkpw checks real user's password. - checkpw allows POP authentication. - checkapoppw allows APOP authentication. - Multiple maildirs per POP3 user are supported. - Multiple password per maildir are supported. Before invoking following program, checkpw and checkapoppw set up $USER, $EXT, $HOME, $SHELL, its supplementary groups, its gid, its uid, and its working directory.