How do I send an e-mail in Java?

Question

I need to send e-mails from a servlet running within Tomcat. I\'ll always send to the same recipient with the same subject, but with different contents.

What\'s a sim

Answer 1

Add java.mail jar into your class path if it is non maven project Add the below dependency into your pom.xml execute the code

 
        javax.mail
        mail
        1.4
    

Below is the tested code

import java.util.Date;
    import java.util.Properties;

    import javax.mail.Authenticator;
    import javax.mail.Message;
    import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
    import javax.mail.Session;
    import javax.mail.Transport;
    import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
    import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;

    public class MailSendingDemo {
        static Properties properties = new Properties();
        static {
            properties.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
            properties.put("mail.smtp.port", "587");
            properties.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
            properties.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
        }
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            String returnStatement = null;
            try {
                Authenticator auth = new Authenticator() {
                    public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
                        return new PasswordAuthentication("yourEmailId", "password");
                    }
                };
                Session session = Session.getInstance(properties, auth);
                Message message = new MimeMessage(session);
                message.setFrom(new InternetAddress("yourEmailId"));            
                message.setRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress("recepeientMailId"));
                message.setSentDate(new Date());
                message.setSubject("Test Mail");
                message.setText("Hi");
                returnStatement = "The e-mail was sent successfully";
                System.out.println(returnStatement);    
                Transport.send(message);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                returnStatement = "error in sending mail";
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }