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Java EE 7 First Look

You're reading from   Java EE 7 First Look Discover the new features of Java EE 7 and learn to put them together to build a large-scale application

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849699235
Length 188 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Armel Fabrice NDJOBO Armel Fabrice NDJOBO
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The JavaMail 1.5 Specification was developed under JSR 919. This section just gives you an overview of improvements in the API. The complete document specification (for more information) can be downloaded from http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr919/index2.html.

Sending e-mails in Java

The expansion of the Internet has greatly facilitated communication across the world through electronic messages (e-mail). Today, people at the ends of the earth can exchange information in a very short time. In order for this to be done, there must be a mail server for storage of data exchanged and clients (for example, Outlook) for sending and retrieving data. Communication between these elements requires different types of protocols, for example, SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) for sending mails, POP 3 (Post Office Protocol) for receiving mails, IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) for receiving e-mails. This multitude of protocols can pose a problem to the developer.

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