Understanding JavaMail
JavaMail is a unified service for abstracting an electronic mail (e-mail) system. It has pre-built implementations of some of the most popular protocols for mail transfer and provides an easy way to use them. The JavaMail API is designed to provide protocol-independent access for sending and receiving messages. However, it does not include any facilities for adding, removing, or changing user accounts. There are no standards to accomplish these tasks, and every e-mail system handles them differently.
You probably already know the most common e-mail agents (clients), such as Eudora, Outlook, Netscape, and other modern e-mail clients, which let you send both text and HTML e-mails. E-mail messages were originally limited to ...
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