Ahmed Mohombe wrote:
James is not currently actively supported/sponsored by companies
Of course there is no companies support.
Companies need stable IMAP solutions and easy to configure server
through GUIs not editing per telnet some strange config files.
None of the above features are(or were) a target of JAMES.
If James had stable support for all of the companies needs then James
would not need their support any more ;-)
I know, you are right. But those features are not even on the roadmap.
Also no one can say when will they be.
If every company paying for a proprietary solution would instead
contribute something to James we probably would have IMAP/GUI and
anything else.
Because if companies "pay" (in a form or other), they need a perspective,
or at least an idea about *when*.
Also they need to see something, a small demo or something tangible that
the entire thing is possible. Regarding IMAP most of them consider it
impossible, and only that "very big companies can do it".
I personally can't really contradict them. As from the RFCs I wouldn't
be able to do implement a *reliable* IMAP solution myself :( - it just looks
too complicated to me, or the RFCs need a "translation" :).
My company is using James and we committed a lot of improvement to James
.. We chose james because we needed flexibility and we need a java
mailserver to be easily integrated in our existing java application.
Yes I saw that too. Judging from the dev-list, you did the most of the
contribution
in the last year.
For managers however (of non software dev companies) it's irrelevant that it's
Java,
(it's only for me as a developer :) ). Most of them just need things to work, in
a predictable time frame. As if IMAP, no one can define this time frame.
Any contribution/effort on the IMAP/GUI side is welcome: I currently
actively review patches and apply them as soon as possible.
The problem with IMAP is not the "willing" but the "who is able" IMHO.
Ahmed.
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