Java Mail Proplem

[Micale Raj]

Hi All,

I'm new to Java Mail API. I'm trying to read INBOX using following code. But it throws javax.mail.NoSuchProviderException: invalid provider at session.getStore("smtp");

        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.put("mail.smtp.host", SMTP_HOST_NAME);
        //props.put("mail.transport.protocol", "smtp");
        String userName = "xxx";
        String password = "xxx";
        props.put("mail.user", userName );
        props.put("mail.password", password );
        props.put("mail.smtp.port", "25");
        //props.put("mail.store.protocol", "smtp");
        //props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");

        //Authenticator auth = new SMTPAuthenticator();
        Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null); //Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, auth);

        Store store = session.getStore("smtp");
        
        store.connect(SMTP_HOST_NAME, userName, password);

       

I get following Stack trace

javax.mail.NoSuchProviderException: invalid provider
	at javax.mail.Session.getStore(Session.java:574)
	at javax.mail.Session.getStore(Session.java:540)
	at javax.mail.Session.getStore(Session.java:519)
	at emailtest.EmailTest.postMail(EmailTest.java:89)
	at emailtest.EmailTest.main(EmailTest.java:63)

Please suggest me something on this. Am i missing something???

Thanks

[Rob Spoor]

SMTP is for sending only, and does not have a store. To get access to the inbox you will need to use IMAP, POP3 or another protocol for reading mail, not sending it.