| JavaMail Specification 1.5 |
| ========================== |
| |
| These classes are based on the JavaMailTM API Design Specification Version 1.5 which can be found here: |
| o https://javamail.java.net/nonav/docs/JavaMail-1.5.pdf |
| o http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/jcp/java_mail-1_5-mrel2-spec/javamail-1.5.0-javadocs.zip |
| |
| The classes represent the JavaMail API and contain implementations of the |
| classes found in the javax.mail packages. In order to function correctly, |
| these classes require: |
| |
| o The Java Activation Framework (JAF) 1.1 (or newer) in javax.activation unless you are using Java SE 6 or newer |
| o J2SE 5.0/JDK 1.5 or newer |
| o Implementations of the JavaMail providers to deal with pop/imap/etc. |
| (You may use this with the geronimo-mail implementation or write your own) |
| |
| This contains no JavaDoc: see |
| https://java.net/projects/javamail/pages/Home |
| http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/ |
| |
| for more information on how to use JavaMail to send messages. |
| |
| JAF 1.1.1 is currently the newest version. Note that JAF 1.1 |
| is included in JDK 1.6 and JAF 1.1.1 is included in JDK 1.6.0_10 and |
| later. |
| |
| Configuration |
| ------------- |
| |
| The JavaMail spec defines the following configuration files: |
| |
| javamail.providers [Defines which classes are used to map to protocols] |
| javamail.address.map [Defines which message types (rfc822, news) map to protocols] |
| |
| They need to be in the CLASSPATH (or in a Jar) in a directory /META-INF/ |
| e.g. c:\mymail\META-INF\javamail.providers |
| |
| Providers |
| --------- |
| Provides a protocol, along with its implementation and whether it is a store |
| or a transport (subclass of javax.mail.Store or javax.mail.Transport) |
| |
| protocol=smtp;type=transport;class=org.me.MySMTPTransport;vendor=Me Inc;version=1.0 |
| protocol=imap;type=store;class=org.me.MyIMAPStore;vendor=Me Inc;version=1.0 |
| |
| Address Map |
| ----------- |
| |
| Contains entries in 'name=value' format: |
| rfc822=smtp |
| news=nntp |
| |
| Default |
| ======= |
| |
| To ensure that other files can be extended at a later stage, the JavaMail |
| spec defines three locations for these files: |
| |
| $JAVA_HOME\lib\javamail.properties |
| META-INF\javamail.properties |
| META-INF\javamail.default.properties |
| |
| The files are located in that order and overwrite whatever the previous |
| version contained, so if 'smtp' is defined in javamail.properties and |
| javamail.default.properties, it will use the one from javamail.default.properties |
