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<title>Commons Email</title>
<author email="commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org">Commons Documentation Team</author>
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<body>
<section name="Commons Email">
<p>
Commons-Email aims to provide a API for sending email.
It is build on top of the Java Mail API, which it aims to simplify.
All help is gratefully received.
</p>
<p>
Some of the mail classes that are provided are as follows:
<ul>
<li>
<b>SimpleEmail</b> -
This class is used to send basic text based emails.
</li>
<li>
<b>MultiPartEmail</b> -
This class is used to send multipart messages.
This allows a text message with attachments either inline or attached.
</li>
<li>
<b>HtmlEmail</b> -
This class is used to send HTML formatted emails.
It has all of the capabilities as MultiPartEmail allowing attachments to be easily added.
It also supports embedded images.
</li>
<li>
<b>EmailAttachment</b> -
This is a simple container class to allow for easy handling of attachments.
It is for use with instances of MultiPartEmail and HtmlEmail.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
<subsection name="Status">
<p>
<ul>
<li>This code is in the commons <i>sandbox</i></li>
<li>The code is unreleased</li>
<li>Methods and classes can and will appear and disappear without warning</li>
<li>If you like the code and want to push it towards a release, join the mailing list!</li>
</ul>
</p>
</subsection>
</section>
<section name="Documentation">
<p>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="apidocs/index.html">Javadoc</a> of the latest CVS</li>
<li>The <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-commons-sandbox/email/">CVS repository</a> can be browsed.</li>
</ul>
</p>
</section>
<section name="Releases">
<p>
None. This is a <i>sandbox</i> component.
</p>
</section>
</body>
</document>