There are many mailsystems like hotmail,yahoo but none of the big mail systems(to my knowledge) function with java mail API.can any one tell why.
thank you
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about mail API (3 messages)
- Posted by: keerthi kanth
- Posted on: January 06 2001 01:40 EST
Threaded Messages (3)
- about mail API by sundar varadarajan on January 06 2001 07:25 EST
- Re: about mail API - TCP/IP by Mike Whittaker on October 25 2006 05:13 EDT
- about mail API by Catalin Trifu on May 04 2001 04:06 EDT
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about mail API[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: sundar varadarajan
- Posted on: January 06 2001 07:25 EST
- in response to keerthi kanth
hi keerthi
First of all, Mail program uses SMTP and POP3 concepts.
A mail program needs to talk with lower level of the TCP/IP stack. But the artitecture of the Java prevents from talking to these levels. This is where c++ and C takes major advantage as they could use system calls directly.
But to add, Java recently came with an upgraded version of Mail package.(i don't know much abt this..)
sundar -
Re: about mail API - TCP/IP[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Mike Whittaker
- Posted on: October 25 2006 05:13 EDT
- in response to sundar varadarajan
SMTP and POP3 use sockets which are at the top of the stack, hence Java may interface with these without problems, since it supports socket communications. The only software that uses lower-level functions in the stack are network control and diagnostics programs, here C and C++ may have an advantage. -
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- Posted by: Catalin Trifu
- Posted on: May 04 2001 04:06 EDT
- in response to keerthi kanth
It's true! The problem with Hotmail is that it uses HTTP; As far as Yahoo! is concerned, you can access it with JavaMail API (POP3 and SMTP) as long as you make some modifications to your Yahoo mail account, that is if you go to preferences and choose to have access via POP3 and SMTP, in Preferences/POP3- well you'll see.