Java & e-mail ?

[Ilko Ivanov]

Hi guys,

Is there a class for sending e-mail using SMTP/POP3?IMAP protocols ?

I think I remember someone telling me about such thing but I wanna ask if people have used it.

Thank you!

[Maneesh Godbole]

Yes there is. Java Mail
We even have a forum dedicated for that. I will move this topic over there for you.

[Ganesan Ponnusamy]

Simple SMTP code.

import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import java.util.*;

public class EmailSenderUtil
{
  
  public static void sendTextMessage(String smtpServer, String to, String from
   , String subject, String textMessage)
  {
    try
    {
      Properties props = System.getProperties();
      props.put("mail.smtp.host", smtpServer);
      Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
      Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
      msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
      msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
        InternetAddress.parse(to, false));
      msg.setSubject(subject);
      msg.setText(body);
      msg.setHeader("X-Mailer", "Email Marketing Software Express V2.0");
      msg.setSentDate(new Date());
      Transport.send(textMessage);
      System.out.println("Message successfully sent.");
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
      ex.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

Note that POP3 and IMAP are used for reading email messages.