The Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server (a.k.a. Apache James) is a 100% pure Java server application designed to be a complete and portable enterprise mail engine solution based on currently available open protocols (SMTP, POP3, IMAP, HTTP).
Apache James is currently under development. There is no working distribution or anything usable, yet. So, don't ask. This server will be heavily based on shared packages used by every server application developed by the Java Apache Project and we are currently trying to get those shared packages done (log system, XML configurations, abstract servlet engine, abstract protocol handler, etc...) before start coding the server itself which should "glue" together these packages.
These are some of the planned features:
- complete portability: Apache James will be a 100% pure Java applicationbased on the Java 2 platform and on to of JavaMail extentions.
- protocol abstraction: unlike other mail engines, protocols are seen only like "communication languages" ruling comunications between clients and the server. Apache James will not be tied to any particular protocol but will follow an abstracted server design (almost like JavaMail did on the client side)
- complete solution: the mail system will be able to handle both mail transport and storage in a single server application. Apache James will work alone without the need or any other server or solution.
- servlet support: Apache James will be the first ever mail server with MailServlet support. The Java Apache Project has submitted for review (to JavaSoft) a proposal to enhance the Servlet platform to support other kinds of servers and servlet systems. Apache James will allow users and developers to write powerful mail system enhancements using the MailServlet framework we designed.
- resource abstraction: like protocols, resources will be abstracted and, working thru defined interfaces (JavaMail for transport, JDBC for storage, servlet engine abstraction for servlets), the server will be highly
modular and reuse solutions from other projects or applications.- secure and multi-threaded design: based on the technology developed for the Apache JServ servlet engine, Apache James will have a careful, security-oriented, full multi-threaded design, to allow performance, scalability and mission-critical use.
- anything else you may want if you help us writing it :-)
These are the currently available resources:
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