Sending mail from java

Question

What is the easiest way to send and receive mails in java.

Answer 1

JavaMail is the traditional answer for sending email (as everyone's pointing out).

As you also want to receive mail, however, you should check out Apache James. It's a modular mail server and heavily configurable. It'll talk POP and IMAP, supports custom plugins and can be embedded in your application (if you so wish).