Hi,
There are more issues than that you may discover... you will be receiving emails composed by different mail clients - OutlookExpress, Eudora, Netscape etc... Right? And these not necessarily follow the Email Message standart. JavaMail API follows that standart quite strictly and does not care if anything is wrong with email headers or so... As a consequence with some emails JavaMail just throw an exception and you are on your own to handle the message. Helpfull isn't it? Cheers, Kazys On Thursday 24 January 2002 4:57 pm, you wrote: > Hi, > Thanks for comments. > Storing mails in database and writing some classes is certainly possible. > The only issue is that I didnt foresee these problems and my web mail > client uses Java Mail for reading mails as well (it obviously does it for > sending mails ). I would like to leverage on that work already done, if > possible . Further in some extreme cases where mails have to be picked up > from another email server and not my custom repository, Java Mail will be > useful. > > So now I guess I have two options - > 1. Add (and not replace :) ) a custom repository mail storage and access > code . So that I support Java Mail as well as my custom implementation in > the JSP pages. OR > Write a Java Mail provider which reads from my custom repository. I have no > idea how difficult it will be , any ideas , anybody ? > > 2. Look a little more at some other software/ email clients which implement > mail storage in local folders after popping it out from a POP server . > Aagin any ideas / any projects on sourceforge to look at ? > > > Again thanks in advance for helping out. > > Manjul Sahay > > Transversal e Networks > > > --------------- Labib Iskander, Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: wrote > --------------- > > >Date: Thu Jan 24 22:09:31 GMT+05:30 2002 > >From: Labib Iskander, Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: Folders for web mail > >To: 'James Users List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Hi, > > > >not sure what poppers can do but I think your main problem is anyway the > >client software. If I were you I would use a simple database to store > > mail in. That folder system is not difficult to write. All you need is a > > simple mailet which stores the mail in your database in the appropiate > > inbox. And a couple of servlets which access the database. To send mail > > you would simply use Java Mail. All you need further is a daemon process > > (optionally started by the servlet engine at startup or started standing > > alone) which again accesses the database to obey the rules. > >Your problem is in no way the backend but the frontend. > >I think you would go better to employ a custom repository designed with > > your application in mind. > >Using a database like mysql you would ease the data access greatly. The > > few data accessing classes you would need to write will suit your needs > > better than a javamail folder implementation ever can. not to forget the > > performance plus and the freedom of interchanging JAMES (not that I > > think you would ever wish to ;) > > > >Hope that my comments were of any use! > >Cheers, > > Marcus > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 7:01 PM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Folders for web mail > >> > >> > >> Hi, > >> For my project I need to implement a web-mail client which > >> provides folders (like sent mail, Trash) support (just like > >> IMAP). Also I need to be able to programatically add/delete > >> users as well as implement mailing lists, rules like Outlook. > >> Further the solution should work on all platforms :) (Win* and Linux) > >> The ideal solution would have been an IMAP server written in > >> Java (or a server with binaries and APIs for Windows and > >> Linux) - but I cant find one such ! > >> The other way I can think of is to use JAMES . Managing users > >> with Java , mailing list implementation is still possible but > >> the difficulty is to provide folders support as JAMES doesnt > >> provide IMAP support. > >> One way I can think of is to use a JavaMail provider (e.g > >> POPpers) which provides folders /local store support for POP > >> servers along with JAMES ! > >> > >> Any suggestions/comments ? > >> > >> With regards > >> manjul > >> P.S - I am sending this mail through our web-mail client only ;) > >> > >> Manjul Sahay > >> Technology Team > >> Transversal E Networks (TEN) > >> INDIA > >> > >> ************************************************************** > >> **************** > >> This mail has been sent through 'T-Mail', TEN's web-based > >> advanced and Java-powered email client. > >> Check out http://www.transversalnet.com or contact > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more details about Transversal e Networks. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional > > commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *************************************************************************** >*** This mail has been sent through 'T-Mail', TEN's web-based advanced and > Java-powered email client. 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