jechawke 01/12/12 15:51:16 Modified: targets/soap/faq faq_chawke_smtp.html Log: Added note on location of IBM pop/smtp jars on ibm.com, as per request by Lucas Gonze. Revision Changes Path 1.2 +2 -2 xml-site/targets/soap/faq/faq_chawke_smtp.html Index: faq_chawke_smtp.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-site/targets/soap/faq/faq_chawke_smtp.html,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- faq_chawke_smtp.html 2001/05/23 15:31:54 1.1 +++ faq_chawke_smtp.html 2001/12/12 23:51:16 1.2 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ </B>The writers of the SOAP 1.1 protocol [<A HREF="http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/";>http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/</A>] note that: '<I>SOAP can potentially be used in combination with a variety of other protocols; however, the only bindings defined in this document describe how to use SOAP in combination with HTTP and HTTP Extension Framework</I>'. <br> -One of the nice things about SOAP is that it isn�t restricted to a particular transport layer. Most - if not all - implementations are currently using HTTP to transport SOAP messages, but there is no reason why you can�t use other layers, such as SMTP. +One of the nice things about SOAP is that it isn't restricted to a particular transport layer. Most - if not all - implementations are currently using HTTP to transport SOAP messages, but there is no reason why you can�t use other layers, such as SMTP. <H2>Apache SOAP Provides an SMTP Transport</H2> The Apache SOAP distribution includes classes which permit the servicing of SOAP requests using e-mail. It does this using a combination of SMTP [<A HREF="http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/821/";>http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/821/]</A> and POP [<A HREF="http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/1725/";>http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/1725/</A>]. A class called <CODE>SMTP2HTTPBridge</CODE> must be running in a separate JVM on the server. As the name suggests, this class operates as a bridge, mapping requests between HTTP and SMTP. @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ <OL TYPE="a"> </B> <LI>Ensure that the machine you are using is running POP3 and SMTP services (or can access another machine that provides them). Note that the scripts shown below assume that a POP3 service is running locally.</LI> -<LI>Download the POP3 and SMTP jar files from the Apache SOAP web site (currently they are here: <A HREF="http://xml.apache.org/dist/soap/";>http://xml.apache.org/dist/soap/</A>). The SMTP bridge software uses these classes to send and receive e-mail messages.</LI> +<LI>Download the POP3 and SMTP jar files from the Apache SOAP web site (currently they are here: <A HREF="http://xml.apache.org/dist/soap/";>http://xml.apache.org/dist/soap/</A>). Note that these are IBM (and not Sun) jars, and they are also available from IBM at <A HREF="http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/ab.nsf/techreqs/SMTP";>http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/ab.nsf/techreqs/SMTP</a> and <A HREF="http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/ab.nsf/techreqs/POP3";>http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/ab.nsf/techreqs/POP3</a>, respectively. The SMTP bridge software uses these classes to send and receive e-mail messages.</LI> <LI>Ensure that the POP3 and SMTP jar files (<CODE>pop3.jar</CODE> and <CODE>smtp.jar</CODE>) are included in your classpath.</LI> <LI>Create a new account (e.g. <CODE>soaprouter</CODE>) under which the SOAP bridge will execute. This makes life easier in the long term, and avoids filling your mail box with loads of XML messages!</LI> <LI>The Apache SOAP distribution includes a class that maps requests between HTTP and SMTP. Login to the new account and launch this Java class - it�s called <CODE>org.apache.soap.server.SMTP2HTTPBridge</CODE>. Don�t forget to include the <CODE>pop3.jar</CODE> and <CODE>smtp.jar</CODE> in your classpath or it won�t work! A sample (Unix) shell script to launch the class is provided here:</LI>
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