Is FTP an option?

Networking & Multiplayer
#1

I’m trying to create a simple e-mail program just for exchanging messages between a friend and I. I currently have an FTP account at ftp.tripod.com . Is there any APIs available to interface with FTP, with login/password/etc? Or do I just use the regular I/O?

#2

There are plenty of FTP libraries available: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-2003/jw-0404-ftp.html

But why use FTP for email? Why not use POP/SMTP?

#3

There’s an extension to Java called JavaMail that is specifically for working with email.

You can use FTP in Java, but it doesn’t normally have anything to do with email.

#4

With JavaMail you will need a mail server. (Windows XP has built-in mail server). But I doubt this is what you are looking for. You should explain what exactly do you need.

#5

Guys, I think the OP means “email” in a conceptual sense - he wants to use an FTP account as a drop-box for sending messages back and forth, without using e.g. all the rigaramole of email, and (possibly) without facing the slowness and filesize limits of email.