Paul Gregg writes:


> Assume this setup is running perfectly (ok, I have 4,000 users using it).
> 
> Essentially I'm thinking of enabling the user to login via POP3 as
> '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with their normal password. (I've written the
> checkpasswd so it's easy to authenticate ok).
> 
> What methodology could be used so that if they login with a specific
> email address as a POP3 user then they only "see" email which is destined
> for that user. but if they logged in without a user@ part then they would get
> everything.

You'll need a custom POP3 server for that.  When the POP3 server
initializes and scans the Maildir for messages, it should ignore messages
that do not have a Delivered-To: address for the login user.

Maildir-based POP3 servers are childishly simple, and you should be able to
write one up, or modify an existing one, in no time at all.

-- 
Sam

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