What Is the JavaMail API?

The JavaMail API is a set of abstract APIs that model a mail system. The API provides a platform independent and protocol independent framework to build Java technology based email client applications. The JavaMail API provides facilities for reading and sending email. Service providers implement particular protocols. Several service providers are included with the JavaMail API package; others are available separately. 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 API releases and dates:

JavaMail API 1.5.4 - 22-Jun-2015
JavaMail API 1.5.0 - 08-Apr-2013
JavaMail API 1.4.7 - 06-Mar-2013
JavaMail API 1.4.5 - 20-Mar-2012
JavaMail API 1.4.2 - 26-Feb-2009
JavaMail API 1.4.1 - 17-Oct-2007
JavaMail API 1.4   - 19-Apr-2006
JavaMail API 1.3.3_01 - 09-Sep-2005
JavaMail API 1.3.1_upd - 11-May-2004
JavaMail API 1.4   - 28-Aug-2002
JavaMail API 1.2   - 01-Dec-2000
JavaMail API 1.1.3 - 18-Feb-2000

For more information, see JavaMail API Website.

For older releases, see Java EE Platform Downloads.

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