The best way is to write a JCA adaptor (rar) that adapts between whatever custom mail reading format Lotus supports (assuming the protocol is published etc). The adaptor can then deliver messages using JMS and you can receive them in a Seam managed message driven EJB3. JBoss AS comes with a rar for IMAP and POP3, source can be found in the connector subproject of JBoss AS IIRC. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4105460#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...