Username different from mailbox

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > Now I have a customer, who needs the scenario that the usernames for 
> > Cyrus differ from the mailbox and mailaddress respectivly. For example 
> > user1 at testdomain.com should be able to login with the username 
> > someOtherUsername. This need arises from an integration with other 
> > software-packages. Is there any possibility to make this work?
> Yes, this is no different from any other alias or virtual setup that 
> offers multiple addresses to individual users. You would handle this in 
> the MTA. For example, I use virtual_alias_maps with Postfix, and map all 
> addresses to the corresponding cyrus IMAP user:
>   abuse at example.com		admin
>   admin at example.com		admin
>   postmaster at example.com		admin
>   bob at example.com		bob
>   robert.smith at example.com	bob
> You can also use the aliases file and other approaches.

Or, if using LDAP,  just assign the user multiple "mailLocalAddress"
attributes.  Again, an MTA issue.
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