Integrating Microsoft Exchange/Sun Java System Messaging Server

Using the JavaMail^TM API is one of the primary options for integrating Microsoft Exchange messaging server with Portal Server. The JavaMail API provides a platform independent and protocol independent framework to build Java technology-based mail and messaging applications. The JavaMail API is implemented as a Java optional package that can be used on JDK 1.4 and later on any operating system. The JavaMail API is also a required part of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE).

JavaMail provides a common uniform API for managing mail. It enables service providers to provide a standard interface to their standards based or proprietary messaging systems using Java programming language. Using this API, applications can access message stores and compose and send messages.