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Elizabeth Tran <etran@image-impression.com> wrote:

> I want to create an applet that send an email.
> In order to do that, I have to find out way to talk to my
> mail server.
> What I understand I have to use Java to connect or telnet
> thru TCP/IP to my mail server.

I would be very surprised if someone has not already written a class 
library that will handle this for you.  You could search for such 
packages on http://www.gamelan.com or http://www.jars.com.

I have seen references to something called JavaMail from Sun, but I am 
really not certain whether it deals with processing the content, or 
with speaking with an SMTP server.  Look at http://www.javasoft.com

If not, writing code to talk to an SMTP server is not trivial, but not 
that difficult either.  You need to open a socket to port 25 on the 
mail server, and follow the SMTP protocol.  The specification of the 
SMTP protocol is available from sites that carry the Internet RFC's.  
It should be available at:  ftp://rtfm.mit.edu

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Regards,

John P. McGrath
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<jpm@nscs.fast.net>