What You Will Accomplish

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When you are finished with this book, you will have a fully functional, Web-based email server application similar to Netscape's WebMail or Microsoft's Hotmail.

This server application will save user -specific information in the MySQL database. It will be accessible through any browser that supports Java, such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer.

A user will be able to download file attachments to his computer and send files to friends . A personal address book will keep his most commonly used addresses.

If you want, this application can serve interoffice email to a small group of people. Alternatively, it can be attached to the Internet and serve hundreds of people wherever they happen to be.

You will have the source code available for all of the software presented in this book. If you want, you can customize the Web pages to display your logo. You can enhance its functionality, or change it to suit your tastes.

You will have the tools necessary to build an e-commerce application. The main ingredients of an e-commerce solution are as follows :

Internet-Capable OS
Web Server
Database Engine
Web Browsers

I want you to enjoy using this book. However, please follow the chapters in order, unless told to do otherwise . Each chapter builds upon the previous chapter. Some things you do in one chapter require you to complete the previous chapter properly. I am doing the same steps on a freshly installed Red Hat Linux machine as I write this book, so I am able to experience and solve most of the problems you will have.

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