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Messaging
Develop messaging applications
GroupWise
Build or enhance secure collaboration solutions
NetMail
Integrate applications with high-performance e-mail
Novell Portal Services
Build and integrate messaging gadgets with your portal solution
Messaging plays a critical role in the way today's organizations get things done. As operating conditions change, so do messaging needs. With Novell APIs and portal gadgets, you can embed messaging functionality in new web-based applications and within internal systems. As a result, you get the flexibility needed to create next generation messaging solutions.

start with the right products
GroupWise
GroupWise® is a secure, dynamic collaboration solution that empowers desktop, mobile, and wireless users to effectively organize and communicate with each other over intranets, extranets and the Internet. Develop to GroupWise
NetMail
Novell NetMail is a scalable, high-performance e-mail and calendaring system that is based on Internet-standard messaging and security protocols. Existing SDK components includes the Networked Messaging Application Protocol (NMAP) an ASCII RFC-style protocol. NMAP provides full control over the NetMail queuing system and full access to the message store. The SDK also includes ModWeb documentation. ModWeb is a template-based, self-contained Web engine that eliminates the need for JVMs, servlet gateways, and CGI scripts in an HTML environment. Develop to NetMail (Leading Edge #162)
leverage industry standards and technologies
POP3, IMAP4, MAPI, SMTP, MIME, LDAP, CAP
GroupWise and NetMail support existing and emerging open industry standards for e-mail, calendaring and document interchange. These standards also make it easier for developers to interact and integrate with Novell collaboration products.

  POP3 (Post Office Protocol, Version 3)
  IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol, Version 4)
  MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface)
  MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
  LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
  CAP (Calendar Access Protocol)