Apache JAMES

What do you like best?

Apache James is a great tool which has a modular architecture based on a rich set of modern and efficient components which provides at the end complete, stable, secure and extendable Mail Servers running on the JVM. The James server can also be used as Mail Transfer Agent, by enabling only SMTP or as a IMAP Mail Delivery Agent.

What do you dislike?

New features are slow to be added and could be slightly more user friendly. Fine tuning security, permissions, special behaviors requires extensive technical knowledge. For most average users, having a GUI dashboard is required.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Ease of setup and with a small learning curve makes Apache James the right choice. Great online resources are readily available for new and old users. I recommend to try out Apache James even with an established solutions in place due to Apache James ease of use.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

We use it to create our own personal solution of emails treatment by assembling the components, we also use the Inversion of Control mail platform offered and go further customizing filtering and routing rules using James Mailet Container.