my own opinion is that to someone who's confident at running sql queries from the command line, or has a handy visual app managing the contents of repositories, be it spam, spool, errors or inboxes becomes a no-brainer you can use SQL to filter on any field, and modify the messages in-situ, or move them from store to store.
Although I use Linux, and the MySQL command line, Windows users might want to note that M$Access can perform as a visual client to MySQL using the MyODBC driver and linked tables (not imports) d. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dodd Gatsos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 18 September 2002 17:35 > To: James Users List > Subject: Re: Cannot retrieve messages after reboot > > > That's an excellent question. I've seen a lot of people on this list > implementing James with a DB backend and I've been asking myself if there > was any advantage to it. I haven't been able to think of one and I see > maintaining another application as a rather large drawback. I don't even > have the time to regularly check James to make sure it's still running or > try and figure out why the messages aren't being removed from the inboxes > even though I don't have express set to leave messages on the server. > > I would love to hear some opinions on the pros and cons. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "James Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:13 AM > Subject: Re: Cannot retrieve messages after reboot > > > > Eric > > > > You should ask for your money back :) > > > > Its not really too big of a problem for me since I have all of > 2 users. I > > can just make sure to retrieve email prior to shutdown. I > tried to search > > the archive for anything related to this but kept getting an error > message. > > > > Do you know if this problem would go away if I switched to using a > database > > instead of the file system to store mail? I have thought about > going to a > > mysql db but always came to the conclusion that there was no benefit to > > me. If this problem goes away, Id be willing to switch. > > > > Thanks for your input Eric. > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > At 05:40 PM 09/18/2002 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Hello, > > >We have the same problem since we are using James (6 months ago). > > >This question was already answered previously : it should have > to do with > > >avalon repositories number reattribution. Wonderful, it was > promised to > > >be solved with 2.0a3. > > > > > >It does not work ! > > > > > >We pray for the next version that will hopefully solve this problem. > > > > > >Tks, > > > > > >eric > > > > > > > > >Mike Shoemaker wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> > > >>Hello Gang > > >> > > >>I recently noticed that I was unable to retrieve messages after > rebooting > > >>my machine. I downloaded them at work(left them on the server) via > pop3, > > >>rebooted, and then was unable to download them(while removing > them from > > >>the server). I can still see them sitting in the inbox so > they are not > > >>gone, just untouchable? Anything I can do to make the accessible > > >>again. Im using James version 2.0a3 on Windows 2000, JDK 1.4 > > >> > > >>Any insight would be appreciated > > >> > > >> > > >>-- > > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > >><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> > > > > > > > > >-- > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Mike Shoemaker > > http://www.shoesobjects.com > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
