[JAMES-1933] James should implement all protocols that secure email delivery on the web

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Matchers/Mailets (bundled)
• Labels: asciidoc backend docker frontend gsoc2018 java js json rest sse
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Matthieu Baechler
• Created: 09/Feb/17 07:48
• Updated: 06/Feb/18 09:05

Description

James aims at becoming a leading email solution in the next few years.
For that to become real, we need to ensure all protocols related to email delivery security are well implemented.
Today, the protocols are (at least) :

• SPF
• DKIM
• DMARC

There's already some code about these features in James but we would be sure people interested into James email hosting can configure this protocols easily and that implementations are compatible with most big email providers out there.

To handle this project, the student have to know enough java to manage James codebase and be confortable in reading RFC and dissecting protocols.

The James team has a strong focus on testing because email is a serious matter and you would not want to loose user's emails, so we will explain how to work on these tasks with the right testing strategy and tools.

Finally, this project should conclude with a well-written asciidoc documentation about how one should deploy james with security features configured