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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/docs/asciidoc/integration.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -4421,10 +4421,10 @@ This section describes how to send email with the Spring Framework.
The following JAR needs to be on the classpath of your application in order to use
the Spring Framework's email library:

* The https://javaee.github.io/javamail/[JavaMail] library
* The https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/mail/[JavaMail] library
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It seems like Jakarta Mail is the new name for JavaMail. Should this also be changed? JavaMail is also mentioned in several places (docs, codebase).

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We could mention both names. JavaMail is still the canonical name for the API in Java EE 7/8 and therefore our baseline. Jakarta EE 9 and Jakarta Mail are not common enough (yet) to switch the primary names that we use for those APIs.


This library is freely available on the web -- for example, in Maven Central as
`com.sun.mail:javax.mail`.
`com.sun.mail:jakarta.mail`.
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The Spring Framework provides a helpful utility library for sending email that shields
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