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# Mail Sessions

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Mail sessions facilitate the process of using the JavaMail APIs, which provide applications and other J2EE modules with access to Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)- and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)-capable mail servers on your network or the Internet.

This page summarizes the mail sessions that have been configured in the current WebLogic Server domain.

In the reference implementation of JavaMail, applications must instantiate `javax.mail.Session` objects, which designate mail hosts, transport and store protocols, and a default mail user for connecting to a mail server. In WebLogic Server, you use the Administration Console to create a mail session, which configures a `javax.mail.Session` object and registers it in the WebLogic Server JNDI tree. Applications access the mail session through JNDI instead of instantiating their own `javax.mail.Session` object.

#### Column Display

You can show fewer or additional data points on this page by expanding Customize this table and modifying the Column Display list. Each data point displays in its own table column.

The following table lists all of the data points that you can display in columns on this page.

Name | Description
--- | ---
Name | The name of this mail session. This value is for user-identification purposes only; applications use the JNDI name to access this mail session. MBean Attribute: `MailSessionMBean.Name` Changes take effect after you redeploy the module or restart the server.
Properties | The configuration options and user authentication data that this mail session uses to interact with a mail server. Each property that you specify overrides the default property value as defined by the JavaMail API Design Specification. Include only the properties defined by the JavaMail API Design Specification. If you do not specify any properties, this mail session will use the JavaMail default property values. Express each property as a `name=value` pair. Separate multiple properties with a semicolon (`;`). MBean Attribute: `MailSessionMBean.Properties` Changes take effect after you redeploy the module or restart the server.
JNDIName | The JNDI name that modules use to access this mail session. MBean Attribute: `MailSessionMBean.JNDIName` Changes take effect after you redeploy the module or restart the server.

Related Tasks

- Configure access to JavaMail
- Target mail sessions
- Delete mail sessions

Related Topics

- Programming JavaMail with WebLogic Server
- JavaMail page (on the Sun Web site)