JavaMail Installation
(Free Web Tutorials)

by Michael Thomas

JavaMail Home Page

On the JavaMail Home page, you can download the whole JavaMail site (all content, tutorials & examples) !!!

Objectives

• Install JavaMail

Java Mail Installation -  (as of 01/15/2008)

• Steps to Install JavaMail 1.4.1
  • Download the JavaMail install file
    • Goto: http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/downloads/index.html
      (Home page: http://java.sun.com/products/javamail )
      ex: javamail-1_4_1.zip.
      • v1.4.1 needs Java SE6 or you'll have to also install JAF (see notes at the site).
      • (Note: JavaMail 1.4.2  - March 2, 2009 - 2.61meg)
         
  • Copy the zip file to the directory and extract:
    C:\Program Files\Java
    (ex dir: C:\Program Files\Java\javamail-1.4.1 )
  • Docs & Demos:
    • C:\Program Files\Java\javamail-1.4.1\docs - has some PDFs
      • JavaMail-1.4.pdf - This is the main user guide for JavaMail.  Has info on: IMAP4, Pop3, SMTP
      • Providers.pdf - guide covers creating messages, storing and retrieving message, sending a message, communicating with a client, packaging your implementation.
    • C:\Program Files\Java\javamail-1.4.1\docs\javadocs\index.html - Java Docs.
    • C:\Program Files\Java\javamail-1.4.1\demo - Demos
  • Classpath Notes - add the following: (as of 1.4.1)
    ;"C:\Program Files\Java\javamail-1.4.1\lib\dsn.jar";"C:\Program Files\Java\javamail-1.4.1\lib\imap.jar";"C:\Program Files\Java\javamail-1.4.1\lib\mailapi.jar";"C:\Program Files\Java\javamail-1.4.1\lib\pop3.jar";"C:\Program Files\Java\javamail-1.4.1\lib\smtp.jar";