Installing

1. Install Java to Debian
2. Download and unzip James to /opt/james

3. Fix the permissions:

   chmod +x /opt/james/run.sh
   chmod +x /opt/james/phoenix.sh
   

4. set JAVA_HOME

   JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre
   export JAVA_HOME
   

5. disable existing SMTP server, if necessary

   • check running smtp server

     netstat -anp
     

   • exim4 may be running; stop it

     service exim4 stop
     

6. copy sunjce_provider-jdk6.jar from JDK ext to /opt/james/lib, otherwise the AES algorithm won’t be recognized.

7. start James

   /opt/james/bin/run.sh
   

Adding users

• In separate shell

  telnet localhost 4555
  

• login as root, password root

• add a new user

  adduser johndoe johndoe
  

• check that user was added

  listusers