This page provides a starting point for finding information about resources that are used by applications that are deployed on a Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE)-compliant application server. They include:
A mail service provider is a driver that supports mail interaction with mail servers that use a particular mail protocol. The application server includes service providers, which are also known as protocol providers, for mail protocols.
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is an identifier that points to an electronically accessible resource, such as a directory file on a machine in a network, or a document stored in a database.