LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS



	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Michael Zukerman and Donna Spinola as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and
on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer,
director and/or more than 10% stockholder of Critical Path, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with section 16(a)of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and
perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, and 5,
and timely file such form with the Unites States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take
any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in
the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, in
connection with filing such Form 3, 4 or 5, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in uch form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve n such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocations, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact,in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of
Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

 	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1rst day of
February, 2005.





    Edmond Ip Tak
Chuen								    _________________________________
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Chuen								_________________________________
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