HOW TO SEND AND EMAIL USING JAVA APPLICATION

Simple example to send an email (without attachment ) using java application

Syntax :

Example :

1. import javax.mail.Session;
2. import javax.mail.Message;
3. import javax.mail.Transport;
4. import javax.mail.MessagingException;
5. import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
6. import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
7. import java.util.Properties;
8.  
9. public class Main {
10.   public static void main(String[] args) {
11.     String from = "user@some-domain.com";
12.     String to = "user@some-domain.com";
13.     String subject = "Hi There...";
14.     String text = "How are you?";
15.  
16.     Properties properties = new Properties();
17.     properties.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.some-domain.com");
18.     properties.put("mail.smtp.port", "25");
19.     Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(properties, null);
20.  
21.     Message message = new MimeMessage(session);
22.     message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
23.     message.setRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to));
24.     message.setSubject(subject);
25.     message.setText(text);
26.  
27.     Transport.send(message);
28.   }
29. }

Description :

Step 1 - 7 : Importing all files.

Step 9 : Start of main class

Step 16-19 :Properties class represents persistant set of properties.They can be saved to stream or loaded                       from stream.

Step 21-25 :Message implements part interface. Message  contains set of attributes and "contents". Message                    defines new attributes in addition to those defined in part interface.