Hi Phil,
James is started with a spring context (see [1]).
You could start with your own class and launch there your watchdog
thread (it can be opening a socket to the downstream mta).
Once the mta down event is generated, you could call stop() and also
hook in the JamesServerApplicationCont
I have a James Server instance that sits between two other MTAs and all is
working very nicely
However I now need to take the James server offline if the downstream MTA is
offline (the upstream server will then look for alternate means of delivery)
I could just create an external watchdog proce
