1. Does the JavaMail API provide an implementation of an SMTP Server?
2. If not, does the JavaMail API architecture make provisions for an implementation of such a server?
3. Has anyone done this work before, would there be some sort of SMTP Server implementation out there done under the JavaMail API or even a non-JavaMail API one?
I greatly appreciate any responses.
Thanks,
Michael
Thanks for clarifying this for me. The docs are a bit vague on this. If you know of any SMTP implementations I would be interested to know.
If anyone from Sun is listening, I think that an SMTP server functionality should be integrated into JavaMail. In some cases it is necessary to have an application communciate with another via email.
> 1. No, it is designed to use an SMTP server;
> in effect it is an SMTP client.
>
> 2. See 1.
>
> 3. Somebody may have written an SMTP server in Java
> but that's nothing to do with JavaMail (see 1.)
I've implemented a Java package to :
1. find physical SMTP server for a given domain (e.g. yahoo.com).
2. Send email (message + attachments) to the server.
Benefits:
- No SMTP server is required (since its functionality is built in).
- No JavaMail is required.
- Simple interface.
Please write to me if you have more interests in this discussion since this post is out-of-date.
qizhi@sinotar.com
