13.2. Installing the JavaMail API
The JavaMail API is not part of the standard Java API, and must be installed before it can be used. The JavaMail API is a Java extension; it is approved by Sun Microsystems but not part of the core Java API provided by Java Virtual Machine implementers. Before you can use JavaMail, you must install it, along with the JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF), which is a package required by JavaMail to determine the datatype of mail messages (for example, to determine the MIME type of a message body or attachment). When applications are deployed to third parties, the latter will also require installation of JavaMail and JAF.
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