> I have come across several projects with requirements to receive and
> process inbound mail.
OK.
> Currently, the options for implementing this (in java) are a JAMES mailet
Yes. You could put a custom mailet into James, and communicate with the
application. And please note that in a shared environment, you must do this
because you cannot have both a real mail server and an application listening
on the same port. This may not be an issue for you, but I thought I'd point
it out.
> However, I would like to have a third option of embedding
> a SMTP listener into my application.
I believe that the approach desired by James would be an embedded Mailet
Container. If you want to work on THAT, I believe that you'll see support.
And, in fact, it would be a very timely topic for Mailet API v2.
The rest of your message is premature and, in my personal view, mis-focused.
If you want to propose an embedded Mailet Container, and then talk about
what it will take to create one, I think you'll see more support.
Do you understand the difference? Because I don't want to discourage and
dismiss you. I think that your original goal, to facilitate projects that
need to receive and process in-board e-mail, is something to support. I
just disagree with your initial proposal to solve that problem.
--- Noel
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