The Jakarta Commons Email Component

1. INTRODUCTION

The Email Component contains a set of Java classes providing a thin convenience layer over JavaMail.

2. DEPENDENCIES

The Email component is dependent upon the following external components for development and use:

• Java Development Kit (Version 1.3 or later)
• JavaMail . (Version 1.2 or later)
• JavaBeans Activation Framework (Version 1.0.1 or later) - dependency of JavaMail.
• JUnit Testing Framework (Version 3.7 or later) - for unit tests only, not required for deployment
• Dumbster Fake SMTP (Version 1.6 or later) - for unit tests only, not required for deployment

3. RELEASE INFO

Current Release: Email is yet to be released.

Planned Next Release: The components are relatively mature and from Turbine, and recently unit testing and code cleanup has been performed.

4. COMMITTERS

The following individuals are the current developers and maintainers of this component, there are many emeritus developers. The lack of commons committers is indicative of the long stagnant period, plus recent "new blood" that haven't been involved long enough to be voted in as committers. Developers who plan to use Email in their own projects are encouraged to collaborate on the future development of this component to ensure that it continues to meet a variety of needs.

• Eric Pugh (Commons Committer)
• Joe Germuska (Commons Sandbox Committer)
• Corey Scott (Contributor)
• Mark Lowe (Contributor)
• John McNally (Emeritus Committer)
• Jon Stevens (Emeritus Committer)
• dIon Gillard (Commons Committer)