I'm PMC of James project.
We are working on making running James easier. So far :
We managed to make running it easier by providing docker images (Have a look to dockerfiles on github and https://hub.docker.com/r/linagora/james-jpa-guice/ (for instance) for automatically built image... )
We also made a CI system available for potential contributors : https://github.com/linagora/james-jenkins
We are working hard to a new website, more appealing, and that better present the project.
I understand your concerns, and actually think myself the documentation and communication of the project is a bit unfriendly.
I bielieve that some tutorial might help. Could you please :
- Specify which use cases you are targetting (SMTP relay, IMAP server, integration of other applications with e-mails) and we can try to provide "tutorials".
- Don't hesitate to contribute to the project. On the mailing list. Or with contributions to the website.
- The right place to have such discussions is IMO the Apache James user mailing list.
Cheers,
Benoit
