Apache Crypto Mailets 1.0 released

The Apache James Team (http://james.apache.org/) is pleased to announce that the Apache Crypto Mailets 1.0 release is now available
(http://james.apache.org/download.cgi).

The Apache Mailet API is a framework assisting the rapid development of email processing functionality http://james.apache.org/mailet/api.
Apache Crypto Mailets 1.0 contains mailets which encode, decode, sign and verify mail plus cryptology utilities.

Version 1.0 is the first independent release of these mature components last shipped with Apache James 2.3 (http://james.apache.org/server).

This distribution includes cryptographic software.  The country in which you currently reside may have restrictions on the import,
possession, use, and/or re-export to another country, of encryption software.  BEFORE using any encryption software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the
import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to see if this is permitted. 

See http://www.wassenaar.org for more information.

The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms.  The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object code and source code.

The following provides more details on the included cryptographic software:

 This library provides high level crytographic operations  based on lower level crytographic libraries created  by The Legion of the Bouncy Castle (http://www.bouncycastle.org/).

Export classifications and source links can be found at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/exports/.

Robert

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