xml indenting again (sgml-mode broken???)

[Bjoern <p2@blinker.net>]

*SIGH* - now that I've upgraded to emacs 21.3 (Win32) from 21.2, 
html/xml-indenting appears to be broken again (not indenting, just 
inserting LOADS of whitespace everywhere). I searched the ng archives 
and found old answers to a similiar request of mine. I think back then I 
downloaded a new version of sgml-mode and replaced the one that comes 
with emacs. However, now sgml-mode doesn't recognise comments in my 
xml-files anymore, and it complains about unmatched tags, because I have 
something like

   <!-- servlet>
	...
	</servlet>
         ...
  </servlet-mapping -->

in my file.

I tried copying the sgml-mode.el from my old emacs installation, but it 
didn't work, either (I also byte-compiled it).

What can I do now? I don't want to use psgml because of the pestering 
for DTDs.

I also need to look for a mode that can handle jsp-Files well, so 
recommendations for that would be much appreciated.

Many thanks in advance!


Bjoern