From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 96 00:20:10 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Subject: Re: Web Browsers and Anonymous Mail (Was: NSA net trolling)
Message-ID: <199602210806.AAA28113@netcom7.netcom.com>
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>(0) I'm not aware of any class library objects or methods in stand-alone Java
>for calling the local mail transport agent. Is there any class library 
>support in Java+{Navigator, HotJava, Mosaic, NetCruiser, the AOL web tool, 
>etc.} for applet calls to the local mail agent that's configured in the 
>browser ?  

A look at the documentation does not show one.  You may have to implement
the whole MTA protocol yourself :-(.  It does occur to me that such a
library would only be possible in a browser that knows (via configuration)
how to find MTAs.

Good luck - Bill


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