package javax.mail.* and javax.activation.* doesn't exist

[kibtse]

I have dowloaded mail.jar and activaton.jar and installed.when i compile my programme i got the error javax.mail. doesn't exist.
so please anyone can tell me how to make known this packages to the netbeans IDE
thanks

[JosAH]

I have dowloaded mail.jar and activaton.jar and installed.when i compile my programme i got the error javax.mail. doesn't exist.
so please anyone can tell me how to make known this packages to the netbeans IDE
thanks

You haven't installed it properly then; all 'javax' packages are extension packages
and can be stored in the jreXXX/lib/ext/ directory (XXX is the version of your JRE).
The activation package is a member of the core distribution so you don't need
to install it separately unless you run a very old Java version.

kind regards,

Jos

[blazedaces]

Have you added the jar files to the class path? What do you mean you've "installed" them?

-blazed

[JosAH]

Have you added the jar files to the class path? What do you mean you've "installed" them?

There is no need to add .jar files to the classpath variable when the jars are stored
in the lib/ext directory. The javax packages belong in there; they can possibly
make it to the core set or are removed from the extension mechanism.

kind regards,

Jos

[blazedaces]

There is no need to add .jar files to the classpath variable when the jars are stored
in the lib/ext directory. The javax packages belong in there; they can possibly
make it to the core set or are removed from the extension mechanism.

kind regards,

Jos

Wow that might have made my life a little bit easier when I was trying to write a mailing program earlier this week and needed to get those jars to work...

-blazed

[JosAH]

Wow that might have made my life a little bit easier when I was trying to write a mailing program earlier this week and needed to get those jars to work...

Sure, anything in the javax.* packages is an extension and belongs in that ext
directory but don't put your own jars in there alhough it works. Your own jars
might conflict with the 'extensions'. It's a Sun trick and us mere mortals are
supposed to stay out of there.

kind regards,

Jos