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layout: post
title:  "Apache James Server 3.8.0"
date:   2023-05-17  01:16:30 +0200
categories: james update
---

The Apache James developers are pleased to announce James server 3.8.0 release.

Early adopters can [download it][download], any issue can be reported on our issue [tracker][tracker].

The Apache James PMC would like to thank all contributors who made this release possible!

## Announcement

This release brings the following significant changes:

 - Upgrade TCP protocols to Netty 4
 - Migrate IMAP protocol as reactive
 - Multiple additional IMAP extensions are implemented
 - Upgrade to Cassandra driver 4
 - Migrate to OpenSearch
 - Review our threading model to cap threads performing blocking tasks
 - Implement official JMAP quotas specification

## Release changelog

The full changes included in this release can be seen in the [CHANGELOG][CHANGELOG].

[CHANGELOG]: https://github.com/apache/james-project/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#380---2023-05-17
[tracker]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES
[download]: http://james.apache.org/download.cgi#Apache_James_Server
