About Sun Adapter for e-Mail

The e-Mail Adapter enables the Sun Java CAPS ESB system to exchange data with an SMTP (outbound) or POP3 (inbound) mail server. The Adapter uploads messages to, and download messages from a mail server.

The e-Mail Adapter enables many typically manual e-mail operations to be automated. Functions are provided to log into a server, create e-Mails, and add recipients, subject headers, content, and attachments. Functions are also provided to read data associated with an incoming message and to save attachments.

Collaborations can be created to intelligently send e-mails with formatted content, and to receive, parse and act upon incoming messages. The SSL feature is supported through the use of Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) version 1.0.3.

The e-Mail Adapter’s SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) feature provides secure communication channels for data exchanges, safe from unauthorized interception.

How does the e-Mail Adapter connect?

The e-Mail Adapter takes advantage of widely used standard protocol.

• POP3 (Post Office Protocol) which can be thought of as a store and forward service. POP3 is used for retrieving e-mail from a mail account. POP3 requires the mail server name, the TCP/IP Port, the e-mail account name, and the e-mail account password.

• SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is used for sending e-mail to an account. SMTP, like POP3 requires the mail server name, the TCP/IP Port, the e-mail account name, and the e-mail account password. Some mail servers also require POP3 authentication to send messages.

• MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions) protocol. Servers insert the MIME header at the beginning of any Web transmission. Clients use the header to select appropriate applications for the type of data the header indicates. Multipart MIME messages (alternate text/HTML) and multiple attachments (other than nested MIME objects) are supported.

The e-Mail Adapter provides a custom Object Type Definition OTD (MailClient) for managing e-mail content, and for sending and retrieving e-mail. The OTD allows dynamic configuration of the connection fields within a Collaboration (allowing properties to be changed “on the fly” from within an existing Collaboration).

Japanese e-Mail Text Support

The e-Mail Adapter supports Japanese character encoding in both the address and subject headers and text content of the e-mail message (both text/plain and text/HTML). The e-Mail Adapter conforms to RFC2047 standards for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME).