Can I use JavaMail to read mail from my web mail account....

[laxy_m]

hi!!
Please guide me Can I use JavaMail to read mail from my web mail account (such as Yahoo or Hotmail)?

Thanks
Laxy
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[dude]

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In JavaMail you'll find APIs and provider implementations allowing you to develop fully functional email client applications. "Email client applications" invokes thoughts of Microsoft Outlook; and, yes, you could write your own Outlook replacement. But an email client need not reside on a client machine at all. Indeed, it could be a servlet or an EJB running on a remote server, providing end-user access to email via a Web browser. Think of Hotmail (yes, you could write your own version of Hotmail too). Or you could avoid a user interface altogether. How about an auto-responder that reads incoming messages and sends replies, customized according to the original sender?

........Read the rest here: [http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2001/jw-1026-javamail.html]

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The JavaMail APIs JavaMail comprises a set of APIs that provide a simple interface to many kinds of email messaging technology. It is compatible with existing standards, and includes interfaces for extensibility to support future or proprietary email delivery technologies. Protocol independence is one of JavaMail's most important features. The JavaMail APIs hide the implementation details of the mail protocols (such as IMAP, MAPI, POP, POP3, and SMTP) used to transmit and receive emails. Programmers create and send messages using a simple object model. Because JavaMail is part of J2EE, you can use the JavaMail APIs in any J2EE application without installing any additional packages. JavaMail uses the JavaBeans Activation Framework (also part of J2EE) to identify handlers for content types.

........Read the rest here: [http://java.sun.com/developer/EJTechTips/2002/tt1015.html#1]

[hasnut]

laxy_m wrote:

hi!! Please guide me Can I use JavaMail to read mail from my web mail account (such as Yahoo or Hotmail)? Thanks Laxy www.funspot.com

NO (for yahoo or hotmail or gmail)

Only thoes email service provide IMAP and POP3 access.
say you can use [http://www.hotpop.com/index.jsp]
you can get some free pop3 support mail sites
[http://www.emailaddresses.com/email_pop.htm]


By the way you can use hotmail account with your outlook (only with @hotmail.com not sure about @msn.com)

and you can also use yahoo mail in your mail client by using a small opensource software (coded using C++) called yahoopops
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