import NetworkConnection;
import MessageException;

/**
 * A protocal for Java to interact with SMTP to send mail messages
 *
 * @author Ben Kaiser
 * @author Josh Vickery
 * @author Dan Hawando	
 * @version 1.1 of October 1999
 *
 * modified from 1.1 to import the classes it will need to use.
 * 
 */
public interface SendMail {
    
    /**
     * Attempt to open a network connection using the NetworkConneciton class
     * at the server and port stored in the preferance class, and send a mail
     * message through that connection using SMTP
     *
     * @exception MessageException
     * when the message is not a valid mail message
     */

    /*will take a MailMessage, when they are avaliable, but uses a string for 
      now.*/
    public void sendMessage(String message)
        throws MessageException;
} // interface SendMail