Is FTP an option?

[bert]

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?

[erikd]

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?

[fletchergames]

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.

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[Matlu]

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

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.

[blahblahblahh]

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.