Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: What's the preferred javax.mail downloas site these days? Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:21:33 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:21:33 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="2026ad9dec445838b9d109790cc02705"; logging-data="2729068"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Jz/hyQnFAIBox4a5j3FQ3+7s1g+SkvPo=" User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba git@gitlab.gnome.org:GNOME/pan.git) Cancel-Lock: sha1:JXuS0GSmAXji8Mj+URR33tpbVlY= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:39811 On Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:11:17 -0500, Knute Johnson wrote: > On 8/11/22 18:55, Martin Gregorie wrote: >> >> Hi, I need to update the javax.mail package, because the code I've been >> using since July 2021 has now started throw exceptions about an >> inability to find a javax activation class but seemingly were to find >> an upgrade isn't well documented. >> >> I'm currently using Open JDK 1.8 under Fedora 35 but it seems that >> javax.mail is apparently not available as a standard dnf package. At >> least so far, I haven't been able to find a Fedora package containing >> it. >> >> Its late, and I seem to be going in circles, so I thought I'd ask you >> guys what I've obviously missed and crash til morning. >> >> TIA. >> >> >> > Hey Martin: > > https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/mail/#Download_Jakarta_Mail_Release > > Not sure where to get the latest jakarta.activation.jar. > > Java 8 is way beyond end of life. The current version is 18 but 17 is > the latest LTS. > Sure, but Fedora is currently supporting 8 and 11: I've just downloaded and installed jakarta.mail 1.6 as a Fedora package. Haven't had time to recompile the affected program yet - currently too busy with gliding club planning stuff. > Some time ago they changed who was working on JavaMail and the package > name changed to jakarta.mail and jakarta.activation. You need both > jars. > > > You can go to my website and get both files: > > http://knutejohnson.com/test/ > Thanks, but picked them up as RH Fedora packages already ;-) -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org