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Java E-Mail Client Features

The Java E-Mail Client is capable of supporting both the POP and IMAP4 Internet Mail protocols. This is done thru the use of various abstract Java classes and interfaces. The first screen you see is the Configuration screen. This screen can be prefilled using HTML APPLET parameters, all of which are optional:

Parameter Name	Possible Values
servertype	"IMAP4", "IMAP2" or "POP"
port	"143" or "110"
server	"mail.domain.com"
smtpserver	"mail.domain.com"
user	"username"
pass	"password"
returnaddress	"user@domain.com"
imapdirectory	"~user/mail"

The E-Mail client may also be run as an Java Application. On a computer with the Java Virtual Machine installed, you can start the application by typing:

JAVA emailApplet

From the Configuration screen, you can use the 'Compose' button to send an e-mail message, without connecting to the mail server.

Features...

view your 'inbox'	number of messages
view IMAP4 folders
number of recent messages	view message contents
reply to messages	compose new messages
delete messages	undelete messages
purge deleted messages	save messages (see below)

Future Work...

threaded mail boxes

remote mail box management

message forward, auto-reply etc...

support for mailing lists (subscribe/unsubscribe)

progress indicators

Saving Messages

The 'Save' feature WILL work from with in Netscape. What will happen is, the messages is loaded into the browser as raw HTML. You can then Save it, Print it, Copy it etc. In fact, anything you can do with an HTML document, can be done with your message.

Of course, when running as a standalone application, you can save the messages directly to your hard drive.