> They  are  so  far  ahead of Imail by using. . . XML instead of. . .
> registry it's not funny.

Hrm.  An  XML  file vs. a memory-mapped, intelligently cached, indexed
b-tree.

Or an XML file vs. a central RDBMS already holding subscriber data and
used by multiple third-party applications.

Or an XML file vs. a distributed LDAP directory serving up a corporate
userbase from RAM.

"Ahead"  does  not mean "right." Their architecture may seem fine in a
vacuum,  and behave acceptably thanks to their extensive acceleration,
but  there's  nothing  about mail server traffic patterns for userbase
lookups  and  management  that says "XML." As is true maybe 50% of the
time  local  XML  is chosen over true back end storage, it sounds like
kewlness/newness  covering for lack of research into use cases; manual
syncing to an RDBMS or other directory is not flexibility.

The  recent  claims that IMail functionality is "behind the times" are
provable  in  almost  every case, but completely fail when it comes to
userbase  management.  IMail  offers  options these new kids obviously
didn't  have  the  development  budget for, and forcing users to build
their own bridges doesn't hide that fact.

--Sandy


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