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.