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• vBMS is unlike any other web mail system out there, and the only major one powered directly by vBulletin. Be unique and have your forums stand out.
• Trailers can be added to outgoing mail to provide links back to your forum or from advertisers.

• Messages can be stored in an unlimited¹ number of folders per user
• Filters can automate the sorting and storage, among other actions, of messages right after they download

• Extensive number of administrative options for customizing vBMS, including restricting vBMS to certain usergroups by both primary and addon usergroup membership.
• Users don't necessarily have to be username@yourdomain.com, but can be any username (with restrictions you define) at any domain.
• Certain e-mail aliases can be banned to prevent users from imposing as other users (for example, webmaster@yourdomain.com)

• Insecure HTML-only messages can be deleted, replaced with a warning message, rewritten to vB code, or left unfiltered.
• Suspicious links—links that appear to go to one site, but actually go to another—are automatically detected and the user warned. No other e-mail software has this feature!

• Phrasing system within vBulletin fully utilized in both the end-user interface and the administrator control panel pages to allow for language translations
• No images with text to translate—in fact, no extra images at all.

• Simple click-through install script²
• No file editing whatsoever, even of vBulletin's files
• No administrator action whatsoever required to create e-mail accounts
• Address book built in: no more remembering e-mail addresses
• Sending e-mails to other forum members simply requires entering their usernames
• Filters for handling incoming mail read just like normal English sentences

• vBMS looks exactly like your forums right after installing, no extra work³
• Deployment can be made to specific usergroups
• Messages support vB code formatting, including custom vB codes and smilies
• Mail checking uses the vBulletin Scheduled Task system
• Integrates with your forums' user base
• Ability to append a user's signature to outgoing messages

The requirements for installing and running vBMS are listed below. They are essentially the same as vBulletin's system requirements with some extras. If you are unsure of if you meet these requirements, you can e-mail your web hosting company.

vBMS requires vBulletin. That is, it will not work with other forum software such as phpBB, or standalone. Note that support for vBulletin 3.5 is unknown.

¹The use of the term "unlimited" denotes that the only limition is that of PHP or MySQL and not of vBMS.
²Forums modified from the original vBulletin installation may require additional installation steps.
³Heavily modified forums, particurally those with a light-on-dark color scheme, may require slightly more customization.

Download Will vBMS Run.zip, extract vbms_willitrun.php and upload it to your forums' admincp directory, then view it in your browser. It will check most of the system requirements for you, and make suggestions if a certain requirement is not met.