Apache James on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg ships Apache James fully installed and configured as an appliance, so a working mail server is answering minutes after launch with nothing to build or wire together. Nothing ships with a known credential: the image contains no mailbox, no TLS private key and none of the upstream default passwords, and on the first boot of every instance a one shot service mints a unique TLS keypair named for that instance, unique datastore credentials and a unique postmaster password written to a file only the root user can read. The upstream sample configuration that would relay mail for anything on the local machine without authentication is removed, so authentication is required for every relay, and each build proves end to end that a real message is submitted, delivered and retrieved, that an open relay attempt is refused, and that inbound mail is still accepted. The administrative API is bound to the loopback interface so your own SSH key is the front door. Every deployment is paired with a step by step deploy guide that covers the platform's outbound mail restrictions honestly, backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.