checkpw is an implementation of the checkpassword interface that checks a
 password against a ``.password'' file in the user's Maildir. The password
 file has read and write permissions to the user only.
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 The code is in the public domain.
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 The original checkpassword program and interface specification is written
 by D. J. Bernstein:
 http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd.html