org.apache.james.services
Interface MailServer

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James

public interface MailServer

The interface for Phoenix blocks to the James MailServer

Version:

This is $Revision: 494012 $

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ALL Reserved user name meaning all users for multi-user mailboxes
static java.lang.String	MDA Reserved user name for the mail delivery agent for multi-user mailboxes
static java.lang.String	ROLE The component role used by components implementing this service

Method Summary

boolean	addUser(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String password) Deprecated. addUser should not be considered a property of a MailServer We could have readonly userbases providing full MailServer implementations. Look at the UsersRepository.addUser(username, password) method.
java.lang.String	getId() Generate a new identifier/name for a mail being processed by this server.
MailRepository	getUserInbox(java.lang.String userName) Retrieve the primary mailbox for userName.
boolean	isLocalServer(java.lang.String serverName) Checks if a server is serviced by mail context
void	sendMail(Mail mail) Pass a Mail to this MailServer for processing
void	sendMail(MailAddress sender, java.util.Collection recipients, java.io.InputStream msg) Deprecated. You can use MailetContext service for this purpose
void	sendMail(MailAddress sender, java.util.Collection recipients, javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage msg) Deprecated. You can use MailetContext service for this purpose
void	sendMail(javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage message) Deprecated. You can use MailetContext service for this purpose

Field Detail

ROLE

static final java.lang.String ROLE

The component role used by components implementing this service

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Constant Field Values

MDA

static final java.lang.String MDA

Reserved user name for the mail delivery agent for multi-user mailboxes

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Constant Field Values

ALL

static final java.lang.String ALL

Reserved user name meaning all users for multi-user mailboxes

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

sendMail

void sendMail(MailAddress sender,
              java.util.Collection recipients,
              javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage msg)
              throws javax.mail.MessagingException

Deprecated. You can use MailetContext service for this purpose

Pass a MimeMessage to this MailServer for processing

Parameters:

sender - - the sender of the message

recipients - - a Collection of String objects of recipients

msg - - the MimeMessage of the headers and body content of the outgoing message

Throws:

javax.mail.MessagingException - - if the message fails to parse

sendMail

void sendMail(MailAddress sender,
              java.util.Collection recipients,
              java.io.InputStream msg)
              throws javax.mail.MessagingException

Deprecated. You can use MailetContext service for this purpose

Pass a MimeMessage to this MailServer for processing

Parameters:

sender - - the sender of the message

recipients - - a Collection of String objects of recipients

msg - - an InputStream containing the headers and body content of the outgoing message

Throws:

javax.mail.MessagingException - - if the message fails to parse

sendMail

void sendMail(Mail mail)
              throws javax.mail.MessagingException

Pass a Mail to this MailServer for processing

Parameters:

mail - the Mail to be processed

Throws:

javax.mail.MessagingException

sendMail

void sendMail(javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage message)
              throws javax.mail.MessagingException

Deprecated. You can use MailetContext service for this purpose

Pass a MimeMessage to this MailServer for processing

Parameters:

message - the message

Throws:

javax.mail.MessagingException

getUserInbox

MailRepository getUserInbox(java.lang.String userName)

Retrieve the primary mailbox for userName. For POP3 style stores this is their (sole) mailbox.

Parameters:

sender - - the name of the user

Returns:

a reference to an initialised mailbox

getId

java.lang.String getId()

Generate a new identifier/name for a mail being processed by this server.

Returns:

the new identifier

addUser

boolean addUser(java.lang.String userName,
                java.lang.String password)

Deprecated. addUser should not be considered a property of a MailServer We could have readonly userbases providing full MailServer implementations. Look at the UsersRepository.addUser(username, password) method.

Adds a new user to the mail system with userName. For POP3 style stores this may only involve adding the user to the UsersStore.

Parameters:

sender - - the name of the user

Returns:

a reference to an initialised mailbox

isLocalServer

boolean isLocalServer(java.lang.String serverName)

Checks if a server is serviced by mail context

Parameters:

serverName - - name of server.

Returns:

true if server is local, i.e. serviced by this mail context