Eric - I understand that mailrepositorystore.xml is for defining the
various methods to store email for the James server. And no, I do not
want to store the mail in a MySQL database, but instead simply use the
file system.
On 11/2/2011 8:28 AM, Eric Charles wrote:
Hi Marc,
1. Some examples may not updated. Take care...
I will not use the examples if they differ from the supplied .xml
configuration files...
2. mailrepositorystore.xml is not about your mailbox (see
http://james.apache.org/server/3/feature-persistence.html, we are open
for any new name...). Did you find mailbox.xml? You will need to
change database.properties to setup you MySQL connection. If you want
to store mails in MySQL, which path are you looking for?
Yes, I did find mailbox.xml. What I do NOT find is any examples or
instructions on how to configure it for using the file system mechanism
of persistence for user emails. (or any other of the mechanisms) I have
found a very superficial description of the "providers" described in
this file, but nothing that explains the details of what and how to use
them... The web page at - http://james.apache.org/mailbox/ is nearly
useless in helping me to grok these various mechanisms and a lot of the
links found there, to follow for additional information, point to
incomplete/empty web pages....
If I were to take a wild guess, I would guess that I want to use the
"maildir" mechanism, but I dunno for sure.. I can find nothing to
elucidate me on what that really is, and what I have to do to use it...
I can't even figure out what it means to define a provider, and what
that does for James... And why are the mechanisms for storing mailbox
data different than the mechanisms for configuring how to store spam,
errors etc in mailrepositorystore.xml?
Yes, we need to fix the links to the examples...
Thx,
Eric
Thanks again Eric for your help. I fear I am working with an incomplete
product and am in a Catch-22 situation, if I am going to try and learn
more about how James works and how to use this version... But if you (or
anyone else) can provide me with some additional pointers to help me
understand how to configure James, I sure will appreciate it!
Marc..
On 30/10/11 15:20, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
Having gotten James up an running (hopefully) on Eclipse, I have turned
my attention to configuring the beta1 version and got part way before
hitting the next snag, actually 2 snags so far...
1. For most of the .xml configuration files, I found the corresponding
examples under container-spring>src>main>config>examples and since I
like having embedded comments/documentation in the actual config files
that I will be working with, I have been copying the examples over the
top of the actual configuration files and then making appropriate
modifications for my environment. That worked fine until I got to the
mailetcontainer.xml file, where I found the example version to be
remarkably different from the version I had copied from
container-spring>src>main>config>James to my conf folder. So, can I use
the example version as a starting point, or have things gotten out of
sync and I must use the version that I originally copied over to my conf
directory? The example version seems to be a lot easier to grok and
understand/guess on parameter values, and eventually I am going to want
to bring in the mailets/matchers I am currently using in my James 2.3
server... and it appears that it will make more sense to use the example
version, for example adding in the ability to use the clam anti-virus
process as well as the mail list handlers....
2. I am confused about how to set up the mail store configuration also.
The file - mailrepositorystore.xml seems to be defining the possible
different methods, but it seems to be incomplete. I just want to use the
file store method for storing the actual emails, spam, etc., and will
just use MySQL for the various mail list users (eventually). But I do
not see where/how one specifies the actual path to set the root
directory of the file system where the mail is to be stored. The
documentation in the Users Manual alludes to it, but either I am not
finding a good example showing the details, or I am missing something..
I did find another configuration file - mailbox.xml which seems to be
where one makes the selection on storage method, but again I am not
grokking it because I don't see how I am suppose to select the file
storage method... So I am lost and need a friendly guide...
Incidentally, all the links to the example .xml files, from the various
user manual pages on the James web site are broken... Someone might want
to fix them....
Thanks again in advance for any help offered... hopefully my experiences
in setting up James will help other more knowledgeable types make
improvements in the James documentation also...
Marc..
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