====== James ======

It's really nice standalone mail server.\\
Written in JAVA, can be scaled to high numbers of nodes.\\
[[http://wiki.apache.org/james/ | I have used mysql based setup ]]

<code bash | $JAMES_HOME/conf/database.properties>
database.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
database.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/james
database.username=james
database.password=james
vendorAdapter.database=MYSQL
openjpa.streaming=false
</code>

Now download mysql jdbc driver from [[http://dev.mysql.com/usingmysql/java/ | dev.mysql.com]]\\
Place file in $JAMES_HOME/lib/

now define it in environment
<code bash | $JAMES_HOME/bin/setenv.sh>
CLASSPATH_PREFIX=../conf/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.1.15-bin.jar
export CLASSPATH_PREFIX
</code>

Controller port is defined in -$JAMES_HOME/conf/jmx.properties.\\
you can use jconsole to connect to your controller.\\
which allow you to manage services using GUI.

Also make usre you have define JAVA_HOME in you bash env.

now start your server using $JAMES_HOME/bin/james start