Implementing an email server in java

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What all language components will have to be used for implementing an email service system using java?

What sort of email server? SMTP? IMAP? POP? – Quentin Mar 29 '10 at 08:20 — Quentin, Mar 29 '10 at 08:20

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 24 '20 at 09:10

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If you want to implement an email server (SMTP, IMAP, POP3) - there is already Apache JAMES. It's open-source, so you can look into its sources if you insist on making one.

If you want to just send emails, having an already installed SMTP server, then use Simple Java Mail or commons-email. Both sit on top of Jakarta Mail (previously JavaMail) and are very developer-friendly.

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Benny Bottema

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answered Mar 29 '10 at 08:19

Bozho

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score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '10 at 08:24

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for SMTP subethasmtp rocks

answered Mar 29 '10 at 08:24

Persimmonium

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 29 '10 at 08:19

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Maybe look at Apache JAMES.

The Apache JAMES Project delivers a rich set of open source modules and libraries, written in Java, related to internet mail and news which build into an advanced enterprise mail server.

answered Mar 29 '10 at 08:19

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Implementing an email server in java

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