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The Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server (a.k.a. Apache
James) is a 100% pure Java SMTP and POP3 Mail server and
NNTP News server designed to be a complete and portable
enterprise mail engine solution based on currently available
open protocols.
James is also a mail application platform. The James project
hosts the Apache Mailet API, and James provides an
implementation of this mail application platform API.
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Description
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Complete portability
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Apache James is be a 100% pure Java application
based on the Java 2 platform and the JavaMail 1.3 API.
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Protocol abstraction
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Unlike other mail engines, protocols are seen only
like "communication languages" ruling comunications between clients and
the server. Apache James is not be tied to any particular protocol but
follow an abstracted server design (like JavaMail did on the
client side).
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Complete solution
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The mail system is able to handle both mail
transport and storage in a single server application. Apache James
in combnination with the Merlin platform works alone without the need
for any other server or solution.
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Complete solution
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The mail system is able to handle both mail
transport and storage in a single server application. Apache James
works alone without the need for any other server or solution.
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Mailet support
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Apache James supports the Apache Mailet API. A Mailet
is a discrete piece of mail-processing logic which is incorporated into
a Mailet-compliant mail-server's processing. This easy-to-write,
easy-to-use pattern allows developers to build powerful customized mail
systems. Examples of the services a Mailet might provide include: a
mail-to-fax or mail-to-phone transformer, a filter, a language translator, a mailing
list manager, etc. Several Mailets are included in the JAMES
distribution (see
documentation
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Resource abstraction
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Like protocols, resources are abstracted and,
accessed through defined interfaces (JavaMail for transport, JDBC for
spool storage or user accounts in RDBMS's, Apache Mailet API). The server is
highly modular and reuse solutions from other projects.
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Secure and multi-threaded design
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Based on the technology developed
for the Apache JServ servlet engine, Apache James has a careful,
security-oriented, full multi-threaded design, to allow performance,
scalability and mission-critical use.
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