CJavaMail Channel for uPortal 2.3

CJavamail is a webmail client channel for JA-SIG uPortal. It allows to read e-mail from pop or imap server. Next, it will allow to send e-mail. Though today UBC Webmail is more advanced than CJavamail, CJavamail is a good example of a simple channel.

Version 0.1
by Vincent Bonamy (Vincent Bonamy at sourceforge.net)

INSTALLATION (Publishing)

Channel Type

Custom

Channel Title

CJavaMail

Channel Name

CJavaMail

Channel Description

WebMail Client

Channel Timeout

30000

Channel Class

org.bonam.uportal.channels.cjavamail.CJavaMail

Parameters

None

Category

Applications

Groups

Everyone

Jar Installation

1. Modify build.properties so that deploy.home point to your uPortal directory in Tomcat, ex. /usr/share/tomcat4/webapps/uPortal
2. Make a 'ant deploy'
3. Restart your application server

Implemented features

LoginView

Connect to imap or pop server thanks to javamail API of Sun http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/

InboxView

Display list of messages in the Inbox Folder.

MessageView

Display text message. Allow to Download Attachments files.

In Progress features

MessageView

Display html message.

Future features

EditView

Edit a new message to send via smtp server (thanks to javamail).