Why Jsp cant support FTP & SMTP

[P Malhotra]

Hello everyone


A JSP can only be HttpServlet that means the only supported protocol in JSP is HTTP. But a servlet can support any protocol like HTTP, FTP, SMTP etc.


I read this somewhere could any one can tell me is this true and if its than why.


Thanks

[Ulf Dittmer]

But a servlet can support any protocol like HTTP, FTP, SMTP etc.

To my knowledge there never was a servlet container that could do this. See http://www.coderanch.com/how-to/java/ServletsFaq#otherProtocols for details.