Have you ever wanted to have your own Web e-mail system, rather than relying
on free Web e-mail services? In this article I'll show you how to build a
scalable Web e-mail system based on Java servlets and JavaMail, two members
of the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform. The system provides a thin,
HTML-based e-mail client that will enable you to access your own e-mail
account from any Web browser, anywhere in the world.
Java Servlets
Servlets have become a popular choice for building interactive Web
applications. A servlet can be thought of as a faceless applet that runs on
the server side. Numerous third-party servlet engines and servlet-enabled
application servers are on the market today. Servlets provide a rich,
platform-independent set of APIs for building Web-based applications without
the performance limitations of CGI programs. The central point of the ... (more)