It's for SOAP with Attachments, which is MIME-based, so the payload looks like an e-mail message.
Scott Nichol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cory Wilkerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 4:18 PM Subject: javax mail and activation Though I'm sure this has been asked 1,000 times and I'm quite sure you're all sick of answering it -- why javax mail and jaf? I'm surprised to see the SOAP apis rely on the javax mail libraries? Is this for support of the SMTP protocol over SOAP? Cory -- 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]>