Excluding email from download

My email provider (orange) uses one username to which email addresses are attached. Its goes something like this:
[email protected]
[email protected]
On windows this was not a problem as I could set up a rule that said do not download from server. This meant on my pc I would not receive my wifes emails and vice versa.
However, on the mac there are only appears to be rules to move to a different folder. This isnt any good as if for example I log on first, I would still download my wifes email onto my mac.
Can any one suggest anything I can do (other than getting a new email address)
Thanks,

On windows this was not a problem
Are you saying that it is a problem on the Mac, or that you think it will be a problem on the Mac? 'Cos my understanding is that when you connect to a mail server such as Orange's it is the email address that determines what email is visible, not the username. The POP dialog passes your email address ([email protected]) during the authentication phase, not just the domain (username.orange.co.uk).
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