| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
| <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> |
| <pkgmetadata> |
| <maintainer type="project"> |
| <email>java@gentoo.org</email> |
| <name>Java</name> |
| </maintainer> |
| |
| <longdescription> |
| GNU JavaMail is a free implementation of the JavaMail API specification, |
| version 1.3. All the code has been written from scratch without |
| reference to Sun's code, which allows GNU JavaMail to be used on a |
| completely free operating system such as GNU/Linux or the Hurd. The code |
| is optimized to work with free Java implementations, nothing prevents it |
| from being used with any compliant JVM. |
| |
| GNU JavaMail provides a protocol-independent framework for building mail |
| client applications in Java. The API itself provides a complete MIME |
| implementation, and drivers for individual messaging protocols, known as |
| providers, can be plugged into the JavaMail framework dynamically. |
| Several providers, implementing Internet standard protocols, are |
| included with GNU JavaMail. These include: |
| |
| * SMTP, IMAP, POP3 |
| * NNTP including posting to news servers |
| * The UNIX mbox format |
| * Dan Bernstein's Maildir format |
| </longdescription> |
| </pkgmetadata> |