If you want people to be able to log in using a different username than their VPOP3 username (eg if you want them to be able to log in using an email address), then you can use the UserManager Lua script
The Lua script is managed through the Settings → Scripts page in VPOP3 v8.0 and later and is called 'UserManager.LUA.
VPOP3 calls a function called TranslateUsername which should have the following prototype:
TranslateUsername(<protocol>, <submitted username>)
Protocol indicates which protocol is being used to log in, and is one of:
Submitted username is the user name entered by the user
The script will return a single value, which is the VPOP3 username that the submitted username should translate to:
A simple example would be:
function TranslateUsername(Protocol, Username) --look up username in a mapping table users = { ["joe@company.co.uk"] = "joe", ["kate@company2.co.uk"] = "kate" } if (users[Username]) then return users[Username] end return Username; end
or
function TranslateUsername(Protocol, Username) -- Remove trailing @company.com from username and keep the remainder Username = string.gsub(Username, "@company%.com$", ""); return Username; end
If you need, we can produce a script for you, but there would be a cost for this - contact support@pscs.co.uk with a specification for a quote.