How to send email in java - example

This is a example code to send email in java. This example will use 3rd party library JavaMail  .

The Code Example

import java.util.Properties;

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

/**
 *
 * @author zulkamal
 */
public class sendEmail {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final String username = "yourgmailaddress@gmail.com";
        final String password = "your password gmail";

        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
        props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
        props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
        props.put("mail.smtp.port", "587");

        Session session = Session.getInstance(props,
                new javax.mail.Authenticator() {
                    protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
                        return new PasswordAuthentication(username, password);
                    }
                });

        try {

            Message message = new MimeMessage(session);
            message.setFrom(new InternetAddress("yourgmailaddress@gmail.com"));
            message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
                    InternetAddress.parse("recipient_email@gmail.com"));
            message.setSubject("Mail Send Using JAVA");
            message.setText("This mail is created and send through the java code,"
                    + "\n\n if you are developers, visit http://www.developersnote.com!");

            Transport.send(message);

            System.out.println("Done");

        } catch (MessagingException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}

Example receive email

By Mohd Zulkamal
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