serge 02/04/16 14:58:36
Modified: src/xdocs FAQ.xml
Log:
Added a few more FAQs about the state of IMAP support and virtual hosting, and then
some quick tips on classpath issues.
Revision Changes Path
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Index: FAQ.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-james/src/xdocs/FAQ.xml,v
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--- FAQ.xml 8 Mar 2002 15:21:58 -0000 1.6
+++ FAQ.xml 16 Apr 2002 21:58:36 -0000 1.7
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
<li><a href="#3">I can send messages to James, but nobody is receiving them. What
do I do?</a></li>
<li><a href="#4">I can send people messages via James, but nobody can send me
messages. What do I do?</a></li>
<li><a href="#5">I'm trying to debug messages that James is trying to deliver.
Where should I look?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#6">What about IMAP support?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#7">What about support virtual hosting?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#8">Where do I stick classes and jars?</a><li>
</ul>
</p>
@@ -110,12 +113,32 @@
</subsection>
-</section>
-
+ <a name="6"></a>
+ <subsection name="What about IMAP support?">
+ <p>Unfortunately IMAP support is currently stalled. There is a proposal in CVS,
but IMAP is a significantly more complex than other mail protocols, both from a
protocol command support and in terms of complexity you need on the server. If you
are interested in taking the proverbial ball and running with it, we would all very
much appreciated. (I personally am incredibly frustrated with an old Netscape Mail
server, but I've sworn myself to upgrade only to James's IMAP once ready as
incentive.)
+ <br />Serge Knystautas</p>
-</body>
-</document>
+ <a name="7"></a>
+ <subsection name="What about support virtual hosting?">
+ <p>Virtual hosting is something the developers are still wrestling with. The
challenge is that POP3 does not support virtual hosting in that it does not have a
command to indicate what domain the user is in. What this means is the mail server
needs to develop a 'mapping' or 'translation', e.g., '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' gets a
username 'domaina.user1'. This allows the mail server to have a single username
namespace. We have seen a few good proposals put forward, but nothing that seemed the
clear solution as ideally we could have this part solve the next issue.</p>
+ <p>Beyond that, James needs to refine virtual hosting for mailet processing. The
mailet API has a Mail.getUser() method that no longer would be useable as a reliable
indicator of whether they were in the local username namespace. To date we are
unclear of the best way to bring this translation into the mailet processing.
Similarly, it would be nice to support different mailet processing based on the
domain, although this is somewhat feasible using the limited processing flow offered
with a HostIs/ForwardTo combination.</p>
+ <p>This is one of the most requested feature, so hopefully this will be resolved
soon.
+ <br />Serge Knystautas</p>
+ </subsection>
+ <a name="8"></a>
+ <subsection name="Where do I stick classes and jars?">
+ <p>We are largely reliant on what Avalon is doing in terms of classloading, but
here are a few tips and suggestions:
+ <ul>
+ <li>Stick jars in the james/lib directory and add them to the classpath in
run.bat or run.sh.</li>
+ <li>Custom mailets and matchers must be included in the james.bar (which is just
a zip like a jar or war file).</li>
+ </ul>
+ Eventually we hope to support mailet reloading and a special lib and classes
directory within the james directory that custom mailets can load from, but for now
these are hopefully some useful tips.
+ <br />Serge Knystautas</p>
+ </subsection>
+</section>
+</body>
+</document>
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