J2EE JavaMail 1.5 : Sending Email

• JavaMail Sending Examples

JavaskoolEmailer.java

package com.javaskool;

import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.Transport;
import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;

public class JavaskoolEmailer {

	static Properties properties = new Properties();

	static {
		properties.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
		properties.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
		properties.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "465");
		properties.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
		properties.put("mail.smtp.port", "465");	
		
		}

	public String send(final String from,final String password, String to, String subject, String body) {
		String ret = "ERROR";

		try {
			Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(properties,
					new javax.mail.Authenticator() {
						protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
							return new PasswordAuthentication(from, password);
						}
					});
			
			Message message = new MimeMessage(session);
			message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
			message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,	InternetAddress.parse(to));
			// message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC,InternetAddress.parse(to));
			// message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.BCC,InternetAddress.parse(to));
			message.setSubject(subject);
			message.setText(body);
			Transport.send(message);

			ret = "SUCCESS";

		} catch (MessagingException e) {
			ret = "ERROR";
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		return ret;
	}
	
	public static Properties getProperties() {
		return properties;
	}

	public static void setProperties(Properties properties) {
		JavaskoolEmailer.properties = properties;
	}
}

TestDrive.java

package com.javaskool;

import java.io.Console;

public class TestDrive{
	
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { 
	
        JavaskoolEmailer email=new JavaskoolEmailer();
        Console con=System.console();
        if(con==null) return;
        
        String recepient="smith@yahoo.com";
        String subject="Testing Mail";
        String Message="Hi I a james Bond";
        
        //login Credential
        String username="";
        String password="";
        
        username=con.readLine("Enter username : ");
        System.out.println("Pleae Enter Password: ");
        char ch[]=con.readPassword();
        for(int i=0;i<ch.length;i++)
        password=password+ch[i];
        //System.out.println(password);
        
        String status= email.send(username,password,recepient, subject,Message); 
        
       //String status= email.send("JAMES@gmail.com", "XXXXX", "smith@yahoo.com", "Testing Mail", "Hi I a james Bond..");
       
        if(status.equals("SUCCESS"))
        {
        System.out.println("Mail has been sent Successfully.");
        }
        else
        {
        System.out.println("Mail has not been sent; FAIL");	
        }
     } 
}

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Output

F:\Javaskool\workspace>set CLASSPATH=F:\Javaskool\workspace\lib\javax.mail.jar;.;

F:\Javaskool\workspace>javac -d . *.java

F:\Javaskool\workspace>java com.javaskool.TestDrive
Enter username : james@gmail.com
Pleae Enter Password:
Mail has been sent Successfully.

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