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Learning the JavaMail API

The JavaMail API consists of some interfaces and classes used to send, read, and delete e-mail messages. The javax.mail and javax.mail.internet packages contain all the JavaMail core classes. The javax.mail.activation package represents the JavaBean Activation Framework.

Exploring the Core Classes

The JavaMail core classes, which belong to the javax.mail package, are Session, Message, Address, Authenticator, Transport, Store, and Folder. Table 20.1 gives a brief description of each core class.

Table 20.1. Summary of JavaMail Core Classes

Class	Description
Session	The key class of the API. A multithreaded object represents the connection factory.
Message	An abstract class that models an e-mail message. Subclasses provide the ...