feat(routing): AuthenticatedUsers recipient pattern for flexible authenticated user routing

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Implementation Plan for AuthenticatedUsers Mailbox Feature

• Review codebase structure and understand current routing logic
• Add AuthenticatedUsers as a separate property on MailboxOptions
• Update Smtp4devServer.cs to handle AuthenticatedUsers property in mailbox routing
• Deprecate DeliverMessagesToUsersDefaultMailbox option (mark as obsolete but keep backward compatibility)
• Update appsettings.json with examples using AuthenticatedUsers property
• Add comprehensive tests for the new AuthenticatedUsers property (7 tests)
• Document that mailboxes can appear multiple times with different filters
• Update UI (settingsdialog.vue) to support AuthenticatedUsers property
• Update documentation (Configuration.md) to explain new AuthenticatedUsers property
• Run code review
• Run security scan

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<issue_title>More flexibility needed for order of DeliverMessagesToUsersDefaultMailbox compared to other rules</issue_title>
<issue_description>## Problem

When DeliverMessagesToUsersDefaultMailbox is enabled and a user is authenticated, all messages are routed directly to the user's DefaultMailbox, completely bypassing the HeaderFilters defined on mailboxes.

This means header-based routing (#2033, PR #2045) cannot be used together with per-user default mailbox routing, which is a common setup.

Use Case

We have multiple applications sharing the same SMTP credentials (user USOSapi), but one subsystem (SRS) adds a custom header X-Application: srs to identify itself. We want:

• Emails from USOSapi with X-Application: srs → mailbox SRS
• Emails from USOSapi without that header → mailbox USOSapi

Current configuration:

{
  "ServerOptions": {
    "DeliverMessagesToUsersDefaultMailbox": true,
    "Users": [
      { "Username": "USOSapi", "Password": "...", "DefaultMailbox": "USOSapi" }
    ],
    "Mailboxes": [
      {
        "Name": "SRS",
        "Recipients": "*",
        "HeaderFilters": [
          { "Header": "X-Application", "Pattern": "srs" }
        ]
      },
      { "Name": "USOSapi", "Recipients": "*" }
    ]
  }
}

Expected: Email with X-Application: srs header goes to SRS mailbox.
Actual: All emails from USOSapi go to USOSapi mailbox regardless of headers.

Root Cause

In Smtp4devServer.cs, the DeliverMessagesToUsersDefaultMailbox branch returns immediately without checking HeaderFilters:

if (serverOptions.CurrentValue.DeliverMessagesToUsersDefaultMailbox && messageSession.Authenticated ...)
{
    // Always returns user's DefaultMailbox - HeaderFilters never checked
    return recipients.ToLookup(_ => mailboxOption, recipient => recipient);
}

// HeaderFilters are only checked in the else branch below

Proposed Fix

When DeliverMessagesToUsersDefaultMailbox is enabled and the user is authenticated, check HeaderFilters first. If a mailbox with matching header filters is found, route to that mailbox. Only fall back to the user's DefaultMailbox if no header filter matches.

if (serverOptions.CurrentValue.DeliverMessagesToUsersDefaultMailbox && messageSession.Authenticated ...)
{
    // Check header filters first
    if (headersNeeded)
    {
        messageHeaders = await ParseMessageHeaders(message);
        var headerMatchedMailbox = mailboxRouter.FindMailboxByHeaders(recipients, mailboxes, messageHeaders);
        if (headerMatchedMailbox != null)
        {
            return recipients.ToLookup(_ => headerMatchedMailbox, r => r);
        }
    }
    
    // Fall back to user's default mailbox
    return recipients.ToLookup(_ => mailboxOption, recipient => recipient);
}

This preserves backward compatibility: if no header filters are configured, behavior is unchanged.</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>As per last comment, but make it AuthenticatedUsers
Don't forget docs, appsettings.json and settings UI</agent_instructions>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

@rnwood I'm not sure everyone would want it in the order as you propose.

For max flexibility I am considering deprecating the DeliverMessagesToUsersDefaultMailbox option and making it an explicit entry in the rules, then the user can insert it in any position. I am also thinking of allowing each mailbox to appear multiple times, so there can be multiple rules targetting each of them.

What do you think @paszczus ?</comment_new>

• Fixes More flexibility needed for order of DeliverMessagesToUsersDefaultMailbox compared to other rules #2054

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[rnwood]

You've misunderstood this totally @copilot . IT's not about recipient, it's about the authenticated user(s) who send the message.

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You've misunderstood this totally @copilot . IT's not about recipient, it's about the authenticated user(s) who send the message.

You're right - the AuthenticatedUsers pattern matches based on the sender (authenticated user), not the recipient address.

The implementation is functionally correct: when a mailbox has Recipients="AuthenticatedUsers", it receives messages FROM authenticated users regardless of the recipient address. This allows the exact use case from the issue where messages from user USOSapi can be routed differently based on headers or other filters that come first in the mailbox order.

Updated the documentation in commit cec557f to clarify that AuthenticatedUsers matches the sender, not the recipient.

[rnwood]

Wow, you really sucked on this one!

1. AuthenticatedUsers should be an additional property on the mailbox rules, accepting an array or a single string
2. We need to test and document (docs, appsettings, settings ui) that each mailbox name is able to occur more than once in the rules without any side effects (e.g. mailbox enumeration)

[rnwood]

@copilot see comments above

[paszczus]

We deployed and tested this PR on our environment. The routing works correctly:

• ✅ Mail sent by USOSapi with X-Application: srs header → routed to SRS mailbox (via HeaderFilters)
• ✅ Mail sent by USOSapi without that header → routed to USOSapi mailbox (via AuthenticatedUsers)
• ✅ Mail sent by USOSweb → routed to USOSweb mailbox (via AuthenticatedUsers)
• ✅ Mail sent by IRK → routed to IRK mailbox (via AuthenticatedUsers)

The AuthenticatedUsers + HeaderFilters combination with DeliverMessagesToUsersDefaultMailbox: false works as expected. The ordering of mailboxes in configuration correctly determines priority (SRS with HeaderFilters first, then user-specific mailboxes with AuthenticatedUsers).

One issue found: the Mailboxes tab in the Settings dialog uses hardcoded light-mode colors, which breaks dark mode appearance. Fix submitted in #2064.

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