From: Bill Shannon <bill.shannon_at_oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:49:26 -0700

A "release candidate" version of JavaMail 1.6.0 is now available.
We hope to release the final version of JavaMail 1.6.0 this summer.
No changes are planned from the release candidate version, but this is
your chance to try it out and let us know if there are any critical
bugs we've missed.

The 1.6.0 release contains API improvements, bug fixes, and enhancements,
including the following significant changes:

- Use of Java generics in most APIs
- Support for internationalized email addresses (RFC 6530/6531/6532)
- Support for SMTP CHUNKING (RFC 3030)
- Support for connecting through web proxy servers

The full list of changes is in the file CHANGES.txt, viewable in the
source code repository here:
http://java.net/projects/javamail/sources/mercurial/content/doc/release/CHANGES.txt

The API changes in JavaMail 1.6 are described here:
https://java.net/projects/javamail/sources/mercurial/content/doc/spec/JavaMail-1.6-changes.txt
These proposed changes will be submitted to the JCP for review soon.

The JavaMail javax.mail-1.6.0-rc1.jar file is available in the java.net
Maven Repository (https://maven2-repository.java.net/) starting here:
https://maven.java.net/content/repositories/public/com/sun/mail/javax.mail/
It is also available from the Maven Central repository.

You'll find the source code for this version in the Mercurial repository
of the JavaMail project on java.net:
https://java.net/projects/javamail

Please send feedback to javamail_ww_at_oracle.com.

Enjoy!

        The JavaMail Team