This is not really a java question is it?

/tom

No, not at all.

If this is what they say on this site, than the site is wrong. Grap the
SMTP RFC and read it if you want to understand SMTP.

?

That won't work, since JavaMail is targeted at mail clients, not
servers. But since your definition of mail servers is mixed up, you
probably want to write a mail client. And yes, one can write such a
client with JavaMail.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

/Thomas

Hi mania:

As Thomas already mentioned, the JavaMail API is only used for
developing your own version of client e-mail applications such as
Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, and others.

To develop your own e-mail server, you could consider an open-source
solution such as James (Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server).  You can
download it from:

http://james.apache.org/

To help you get started using James (should you decide to do so),
please check out the article I co-authored last Ocotber on Java
Boutique:

http://javaboutique.internet.com/reviews/james/

The article explains why James is a good choice as an e-mail server,
how to get started, and demonstrates how to use the Mailet API that is
built into James.  The Mailet API allows you to control
incoming/outgoing mail by developing your own filters, adding footers,
etc.

Hope this helps...

--> Special note to everyone in this group:

Before anyone gets any funny thoughts in their head about me receiving
royalty payments from clicking on the link to the article, forget it.
Don't even go there...

My co-author and I were paid once and that's it.  So enjoy reading it.
Any feedback (good, bad, or indifferent) would be greatly appreciated.
That would be more productive, don't you think?

Oh yes, don't forget that James is open-source, not a commercial
product...

I don't mean to sound harsh, but I'm just trying to avoid any potential
conflicts from those that may be over-sensitive to certain things.  I'm
sure we all don't want to deal with unnecessary postings that are
completely off-topic.  If you feel the need to hammer me (for whatever
reason), please send me a note offline to mike@redlich.net.  I would be
more than happy to discuss any issues with you.

Thanks for understanding the need for me to add this disclaimer...

Best regards,

Mike.
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