Java Mail send message to Yahoo account

[Nancy Johnson]

Hello,
I am new to the Java mail API, and would like to use my local SMTP server to send mail to Yahoo account. I have tried varies options but none works. I do have a valid account in Yahoo, and tried to use the same account for both FROM and TO field. Also, i have configure the local SMTP server to relay mail.
The followings are the source code I got from one of the web discuss. but couldn't run it successfully
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import java.io.*;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
public class TestYahoo
{
// How to Run this program :
// java TestYahoo pop.mail.yahoo.com smtp.mail.yahoo.com <u'r yahoo username> <u'r yahoo password> <from mail address> <to mail address>

public static void main (String args[]) throws Exception
{
if (args.length != 6)
{
System.err.println("Usage : java TestYahoo <pop-Hostname> <smtp-Hostname> <username> <password> <fromAddress> <toAddress>");
return;
}
String pop3Host = args[0];
String smtpHost = args[1];
String username = args[2];
String password = args[3];
String from = args[4];
String to = args[5];
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("mail.smtp.host", smtpHost);
props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
Session session = Session.getInstance(props, null);
Store store = session.getStore("pop3");
store.connect(pop3Host, username, password);
MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session);
message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to));
message.setSubject("Hello JavaMail");
message.setText("Welcome to JavaMail");
Transport.send(message);
store.close();
}
}
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C:\>java TestYahoo pop.mail.yahoo.com smtp.mail.yahoo.com Nancy_Johnson2002 [xx my password] [email protected] [email protected]
Exception in thread "main" javax.mail.MessagingException: Connect failed;
nested exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3Store.protocolConnect(POP3Store.java:106)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:234)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:135)
at TestYahoo.main(TestYahoo.java:30)
Could anyone tell me what it fail...?
Help will be greatly appreciated...
Nancy

[RAJESH RASTOGI]

Dear Nancy Johnson,
yahoo doesn't allow to use their smtp or pop mail addresss in free of cost. so u will have to change the both of these two addresses.
n u can send mail by using the following code -
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
public class mailer
{
public static void main (String args[]) throws Exception
{
String smtpHost = "smtp.id.eth.net";
String from= "[email protected]";
String to= "[email protected]";
Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.put( "mail.smtp.host", smtpHost );
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance( props, null );
session.setDebug( true );
MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage( session );
message.setFrom( new InternetAddress(from) );
message.addRecipient( Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to) );
message.setSubject( "subject" );
message.setContent( "message", "text/html" );
Transport.send( message );
}
}
If it doesn't work, then change the smtp address n run this program.
Bye

[Nancy Johnson]

Thanks for the help. I have decided to use the company's smtp server instead. It took me a while to figure out the smtp server name of my company since it's very hard to get a hold on mail server admin personnel. But i finally get it to work. However, i still have some problem on reading mail. The smtp server i am using allow me to send mail to any account. But when i try to read the mail, it doesn't seem to work. Why do i need to use pop3 as protocol? Does send and receive mail use different mail server? The server name i used for sending mail doesn't seem to be right for retrieving mails. I keep on getting connection refused error.
Thanks again for the help, and if you have any input on my question it will be greatly appreciated.
Nancy

[Kamal Ahmed]

I am also getting an error:

javax.mail.MessagingException: * BYE Connection refused;
nested exception is:
com.sun.mail.iap.ConnectionException: * BYE Connection refused
at com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore.protocolConnect(IMAPStore.java:569)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:275)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:156)


If you got your issue resolved please let me know as well.
It seems that the problem is security level on the MS Exchange server, and BTW< you need to use IMAP instead of POP3, since, MOST MS EXchange server, disable POP3 (these are internal corporate e-mail exchange servers)

[Vivek Mathur]

Hi Nancy and kamal.

You are getting the problem when smtp server refuses to connect.
You can try out one thing, just set connectiontimeout property of server.

props.put("mail.smtp.connectiontimeout", "21600000" );
props.put("mail.smtp.timeout", "21600000" );

It may help you out.
[ November 28, 2007: Message edited by: Vivek Mathur ]

[Ulf Dittmer]

Please note that this thread is from 2003, so it's unlikely that the participants from way back then are still following it: DontWakeTheZombies

Secondly, there was no mention of Exchange, so I don't think that's relevant to this discussion.

Lastly, it's not a question a using POP or IMAP, it's a question of trying to use an SMTP server for POP3, which obviously won't work.