Chapter 7, Integrating JavaMail and JMS with Spring

Q1. What is a JavaMail API?

A JavaMail API provides a protocol and platform independent framework to provide e-mail support for a Java application. The JavaMail API is a collection of classes and interfaces that comprise an e-mail system. These steps are involved in sending a simple email, using the JavaMail API. They are as follows:

  1. Connect to a e-mail server by specifying the username and password, let's say an example; if you want to send an email from abc@xyz.com, then you need to connect to the e-mail server of xyz.com.
  2. Create a message by specifying the recipient's addresses that can include Cc and Bcc addresses as well.
  3. Add attachments to the message if any.
  4. Transport the message to the e-mail ...

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