On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 08:30:49PM +0100, Steve Brewin wrote:
> >      We have a java web application (jsp, servlets, jdbc) running on a
> > hosted server.  We're going to need some mailing-list-like features
> > sometime soon (subscription confirmation, bounce handling) and I doubt
> > we'll be able to convince our hosting service to install james for us.
> 
> Given that you are already running a Java environment with JDBC, the
> only issue that your hosting provider may have with running James is
> likely to be them being loath to route SMTP traffic for your
> domain(s) to James.

     That's primarily what I'm worried about.

> You could get round that by running fetchmail (included in the
> latest builds)

     In the latest builds of james?

> to retrieve mail from the POP3 or IMAP mailboxes provided by your
> hosting service and inject it into James. Then you can process mail
> in the Mailet chain in the same way as if it had been injected via
> SMTP.

     This sounds like it might be the best bet.  I'm a little wary of
taking responsibility for configuring James properly, but I guess I'll
have to burn that bridge when I come to it.

-- 
Steven J. Owens
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"I'm going to make broad, sweeping generalizations and strong,
 declarative statements, because otherwise I'll be here all night and
 this document will be four times longer and much less fun to read.
 Take it all with a grain of salt." - Me at http://darksleep.com


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