mireka.transmission

Interface Transmitter

All Known Implementing Classes:

QueuingTransmitter

public interface Transmitter

A reliable (as specified by SMTP) mail transmitting service. If it accepts the mail, i.e. it doesn't throw an exception immediately, then it also accepts the responsibility to deliver the mail. If necessary it periodically retries. If it gives up, then it creates and sends a Delivery Status Notification message to the sender.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	transmit(Mail mail) Sends mail asynchronously.

Method Detail

transmit

void transmit(Mail mail)
       throws LocalMailSystemException

Sends mail asynchronously. It returns immediately. If necessary it queues the mail and retries periodically.

Throws:

LocalMailSystemException - if it cannot accept the mail, e.g. because the disk is full.