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how to create a simple email listener

843830Aug 14 2003 — edited Aug 22 2008
Hello all,

I have a need for a simple Java program that will reside on a machine and listen on one email address and then process all emails that go to that address and do something with them.

I really have no idea where to start, if someone can give me a simple overview of what I need to do or where to look up some examples how this would be done. I understand that I will probably have to write a basic SMTP listening program that will process the incoming email, am I correct.

Again any URLs with examples would be very helpful.

Thx Jirka
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