Integrating Microsoft Exchange

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 platform optional package and is also available as part of the Java 2 Enterprise Edition.

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.