> is there any comparison available between James, qmail & Postfix etc ?
Not as far as i know. I think it is difficult to do a straight comparison of MTAs, as they all seem so different. I was given the job of setting up a mail server, and i had certain requirements. I looked at qmail, sendmail, postfix, and couldnt find an 'easy' way to do everything, and they looked like a nightmare to configure and administer. I had a look at james, and my mind was made up! It's a mail server with XML configuration which out of the box did practically everything i needed. Also, it's written in Java, so i can mess with the source (as i did) - there was no way i was planning to look at the source for sendmail (it's C - yuk). You can use a database for users which came in handy for web based administration. There are several things that were missing: I needed to use virtual hosting, with [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the username, which didnt work. With a bit of code hacking, i came up with a workaround. I also found it painful specifying domains in the config file and restarting to update them- again this was simple to modify to use a database table. The big things still missing for me are: - decent IMAP support (not sure whats happening here). - decent mailing lists. Again these have to be set up in the config file. I started work on a database configurable matcher mailet pair for this, but due to lack of time havnt got very far. I hope this gives you some insight into how james differs from other mail servers. Daniel. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
