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Posted to server-user@james.apache.org by Hut Carspecken <hu...@sbcglobal.net> on 2003/06/09 18:34:37 UTC
James Recommendation
Hello,
I am determining if I can use James for a enterprise application and was
wondering if someone could answer a few questions concerning their use of
James.
1) How stable is James? On a suitable server and under proper conditions,
does it crash once a week, month, or never?
2) How many messages can James handle before it experiences lag or buffer
overload? Could it handle a T1 line with incoming messages?
3) Has anyone had any problem incorporating custom Mailets into the server
or experienced any unusual problem with database connections?
4) Its there a published list of corporate users that anyone knows about?
5) Would you recommend James (version 2.1.3) as a production, scalable MTA?
Thank you,
Hut
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RE: James Recommendation
Posted by Mark Imel <ja...@imelshire.com>.
Regarding #1, I've yet to have James crash on me. I have occasionally
cycled it to add some new features, change config, move it to another
server, etc... But i have never had James crash on me. So far, i've gone on
average about 10 weeks between cycling it.
Regarding #2. I'm only expiriencing light/moderate load...
Regarding #3. I've worked on a couple of different mailets, and i love it.
I found the mailet design very easy to grasp, and was able to
develop/compile/deploy/debug my first mailet in about two hours. Frankly,
the mailet api which may not be perfect (what is?) is one of my top reasons
for choosing James.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hut Carspecken [mailto:hutson.carspecken@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 9:57 AM
To: James Users List
Subject: RE: James Recommendation
Thank you very much Kenny! If I can hear from others as well, especially
about question 1 and 2. I would appreciate it very much.
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Kenny Smith [mailto:jakarta-james@jakarta.apache.org]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 11:48 AM
To: James Users List
Subject: Re: James Recommendation
> 1) How stable is James? On a suitable server and under proper conditions,
> does it crash once a week, month, or never?
I've been running my James install for about 5 months and I found it not
running only one time. I don't know if it was James or badness on my
server that caused it to die, but regardless, it's very stable.
> 2) How many messages can James handle before it experiences lag or buffer
> overload? Could it handle a T1 line with incoming messages?
Other users can answer this question better, my traffic load is only
moderate.
> 3) Has anyone had any problem incorporating custom Mailets into the server
> or experienced any unusual problem with database connections?
I haven't had to do it in awhile (I think the developers have been
working on improving this), but there were some weird problems getting
my custom mailets in at first.
I found that if you download the source distribution of James, then
write and build (with the James build.xml) your mailets that they work
without any troubles.
> 4) Its there a published list of corporate users that anyone knows about?
Someone else can better answer this.
> 5) Would you recommend James (version 2.1.3) as a production, scalable
MTA?
Absolutely.
Kenny Smith
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RE: James Recommendation
Posted by Hut Carspecken <hu...@sbcglobal.net>.
Thank you very much Kenny! If I can hear from others as well, especially
about question 1 and 2. I would appreciate it very much.
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Kenny Smith [mailto:jakarta-james@jakarta.apache.org]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 11:48 AM
To: James Users List
Subject: Re: James Recommendation
> 1) How stable is James? On a suitable server and under proper conditions,
> does it crash once a week, month, or never?
I've been running my James install for about 5 months and I found it not
running only one time. I don't know if it was James or badness on my
server that caused it to die, but regardless, it's very stable.
> 2) How many messages can James handle before it experiences lag or buffer
> overload? Could it handle a T1 line with incoming messages?
Other users can answer this question better, my traffic load is only
moderate.
> 3) Has anyone had any problem incorporating custom Mailets into the server
> or experienced any unusual problem with database connections?
I haven't had to do it in awhile (I think the developers have been
working on improving this), but there were some weird problems getting
my custom mailets in at first.
I found that if you download the source distribution of James, then
write and build (with the James build.xml) your mailets that they work
without any troubles.
> 4) Its there a published list of corporate users that anyone knows about?
Someone else can better answer this.
> 5) Would you recommend James (version 2.1.3) as a production, scalable
MTA?
Absolutely.
Kenny Smith
JournalScape.com
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Re: James Recommendation
Posted by Kenny Smith <ja...@jakarta.apache.org>.
> 1) How stable is James? On a suitable server and under proper conditions,
> does it crash once a week, month, or never?
I've been running my James install for about 5 months and I found it not
running only one time. I don't know if it was James or badness on my
server that caused it to die, but regardless, it's very stable.
> 2) How many messages can James handle before it experiences lag or buffer
> overload? Could it handle a T1 line with incoming messages?
Other users can answer this question better, my traffic load is only
moderate.
> 3) Has anyone had any problem incorporating custom Mailets into the server
> or experienced any unusual problem with database connections?
I haven't had to do it in awhile (I think the developers have been
working on improving this), but there were some weird problems getting
my custom mailets in at first.
I found that if you download the source distribution of James, then
write and build (with the James build.xml) your mailets that they work
without any troubles.
> 4) Its there a published list of corporate users that anyone knows about?
Someone else can better answer this.
> 5) Would you recommend James (version 2.1.3) as a production, scalable MTA?
Absolutely.
Kenny Smith
JournalScape.com
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