To be honest you shouldn't be sending any email from webservers anyway - but that means you can either setup to remote relay with plain SMTP or hook into an ESP vendor's API directly (which is what I do).
The reason I never complained about Joomla's mail shortcomings is that I've never used them. :-) -- Mitch, thinking about releasing a slew of ESP plugins/helpers when he has more time _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php