[jira] [Commented] (JAMES-1548) javax.mail - geronimo or oracle implementation?

["Eric Charles (JIRA)" <se...@james.apache.org>]

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Eric Charles commented on JAMES-1548:
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We were using Oracle not so long ago and switched to Geronimo based on a minimal trust we had (and also for licensing matters if I remember well).
I had issues with Geronimo for SMTP.
Sounds to me we should switch back to Oracle by default (not sure if we still have the maven profiles in trunk to allow make it configurable).

> javax.mail - geronimo or oracle implementation?
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JAMES-1548
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1548
>             Project: James Server
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Mark
>            Priority: Minor
>
> It looks like Oracle's JavaMail implementation is a lot more recent than the Geronimo implementation.
>             <dependency>
>                 <groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
>                 <artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
>                 <version>1.5.1</version>
>             </dependency>
> My main problem with Geronimo is that it does not support proper IMAP authentication, therefore I *have* to use Oracle's implementation during my integration tests. To avoid having multiple implementations hanging around inside the same process (AFAIK you cannot just manage the release because of differences in the internals used), I want to trigger a discussion about whether it would be better to switch to Oracle JavaMail implementation. Their bug reporting now seems independent of Oracle's own bug processing system, my own inquiries have been answered pretty quickly and efficiently. Is there any issue with the license? AFAIK it allows the distribution under the GPL+classpath exception, so it should pose no hindrance except for the requirement of proper license inclusion.



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