diff --git a/backend/.cvsignore b/backend/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52e4e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
diff --git a/backend/gvadm.preferences b/backend/gvadm.preferences
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9986c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/gvadm.preferences
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+USERPREFIX="usr"
+EXIMCONFDIR="etc/exim/"
+VIRTUALDOMDIR=EXIMCONFDIR+"virtual/"
+POPHOMEDIR="home/mail/"
diff --git a/backend/gvadm.py b/backend/gvadm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36a6acd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/gvadm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import mailtools
+
diff --git a/backend/mailtools.py b/backend/mailtools.py
index 1371f4d..a310d52 100755
--- a/backend/mailtools.py
+++ b/backend/mailtools.py
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 import os, string
 
-USERPREFIX="usr"
-EXIMCONFDIR="etc/exim/"
-VIRTUALDOMDIR=EXIMCONFDIR+"virtual/"
+execfile('gvadm.preferences')
 
 # if [ -n $USERPREFIX ]; then
 # 	USERPREFIX="usr"
@@ -29,6 +27,10 @@ VIRTUALDOMDIR=EXIMCONFDIR+"virtual/"
 # echo "Herzlich willkommen auf dem GNU-Viech" | mail -s "Willkommen auf dem GNU-Viech" ${NEWUSER}
 # echo added new pop3 user $NEWUSER with password $NEWPASS
 
+def createpopaccount(domainname, sysuser):
+    """Creates a pop3/imap account for given domain and system user"""
+    "addpopuser sysusrp<num>"
+
 def readaliasfile(domainname):
     """reads the aliasfile for the given domain and returns a dictionary
     object with the aliases
@@ -62,10 +64,6 @@ def writealiasfile(domainname, aliases):
     else:
         print "no write access to directory "+VIRTUALDOMDIR+"."
 
-def createpopaccount(domainname, sysuser):
-    """Creates a pop3/imap account for given domain and system user"""
-    "addpopuser sysusrp<num>"
-
 def setmailalias(domainname, alias, target):
     """sets a mail alias for given domain which directs the MTA to the
     given target