Login_Alias Plugin
Copyright (C) 2001 Jay Guerette <JayGuerette_at_pobox.com>
Copyright (C) 2002 David Minor <dave_at_dminor.com>

This plugin allows users to specify an optional friendly login alias in
Options/Personal Information. The alias can have spaces in it. Thereafter
they can log in using this alias.  It is known to work in 1.2.1.  If you find
that it works properly in earlier versions, please contact dave_at_dminor.com 
with the version tested with.  

The most recent version of this plugin can be found at 
<http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugins.php>

Questions or Comments can be posted to:
<squirrelmail-plugins@lists.sourceforge.net>

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History

v0.1 (alpha)
initial public release

v0.2 (alpha)
modified to play nicely with password_forget plugin

v0.3 (alpha)
modified to play nicely with password_forget plugin load order

v1.1
modified to work correctly with squirrelmail preference caching
and not mangle the user's preferences.

v1.2
change of alias removes old alias 
checks for matching alias and prompts users to try again if alias already exists 

v1.3
register_globals=Off support added
updated to work with vlogin (virtual hosts) and password_forget plugins
  (the only worry now would be that a login alias, if the same as another
   user's real account name, would block that user from logging in.)
updated for compatibility with "plugin updates" plugin
internationalized plugin output

v2.0 
Updated for compatibility with SquirrelMail 1.4
New setup.php format for better overall SquirrelMail performance.

v2.1
Updated to work when SquirrelMail prefs are stored in a database.
(Thanks to Marietta <marietta@burnside.powells.com>)
Updated for new plugin version reporting API.
