Description:

GNU inetlib is a library of clients for common internet protocols.
The following protocols are currently supported:
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
- Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
- Post Office Protocol (POP)
- Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) (alpha)
- Gopher
- Finger

The inetlib library is similar in intent to the Python internet protocols
library - the API is as close as possible to the intent of the underlying
protocol design. This allows for very efficient coding of user agents.

Additionally, inetlib includes URLStreamHandler implementations for some of
the protocols. These can be used to add support for the corresponding URL
scheme to the java.net.URL class.