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// Make the new Bean be the contents of the JInternalFrame
jf
.
setContentPane
(
newBean
);
jf
.
pack
();
jf
.
toFront
();
// Add the JInternalFrame to the JDesktopPane
dtPane
.
add
(
jf
);
return
return
newBean
;
}
/* Construct a MailComposeFrame, with a Compose button. */
public
public
MailComposeFrame
() {
setLayout
(
new
new
BorderLayout
());
dtPane
=
new
new
JDesktopPane
();
add
(
dtPane
,
BorderLayout
.
CENTER
);
newButton
=
new
new
JButton
(
"Compose"
);
newButton
.
addActionListener
(
new
new
ActionListener
() {
public
public
void
void
actionPerformed
(
ActionEvent e
) {
newSend
();
}
});
add
(
newButton
,
BorderLayout
.
SOUTH
);
}
}
The file
TODO.txt
in the email source directory lists a number of improvements that would
have to be added to the
MailClient
program to make it functional enough for daily use (de-
lete and reply functionality, menus, templates, aliases, and much more). But it is a start and
provides a structure to build on.
See Also
There are several books that discuss Internet mail. Start with Elliotte Rusty Harold's
JavaMail API
(O'Reilly). Kevin Johnson's
Internet Email Protocols: A Developer's Guide
(Addison-Wesley) covers the protocols and has appendixes on various programming lan-
guages, including Java.
The Programmer's Guide to Internet Mail: SMTP, POP, IMAP, and
LDAP
, by John Rhoton (Digital Press) and
Essential E-Mail Standards: RFCs and Protocols
Made Practical
by Pete Loshin (Wiley) cover the protocols without much detail on Java im-
plementation. Finally, the topics
Stopping Spam: Stamping Out Unwanted Email and News
