J2EE

JavaMail - Connecting GMail using POP3 with SSL

Tips:Remember to replace with your gmail account and password.


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

import javax.mail.Address;
import javax.mail.FetchProfile;
import javax.mail.Folder;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Part;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Store;
import javax.mail.URLName;
import javax.mail.internet.ContentType;
import javax.mail.internet.ParseException;

import com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3SSLStore;

public class GmailUtilities {
    
    private Session session = null;
    private Store store = null;
    private String username, password;
    private Folder folder;
    
    public GmailUtilities() {
        
    }
    
    public void setUserPass(String username, String password) {
        this.username = username;
        this.password = password;
    }
    
    public void connect() throws Exception {
        
        String SSL_FACTORY = "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory";
        
        Properties pop3Props = new Properties();
        
        pop3Props.setProperty("mail.pop3.socketFactory.class", SSL_FACTORY);
        pop3Props.setProperty("mail.pop3.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
        pop3Props.setProperty("mail.pop3.port",  "995");
        pop3Props.setProperty("mail.pop3.socketFactory.port", "995");
        
        URLName url = new URLName("pop3", "pop.gmail.com", 995, "",
                username, password);
        
        session = Session.getInstance(pop3Props, null);
        store = new POP3SSLStore(session, url);
        store.connect();
        
    }
    
    public void openFolder(String folderName) throws Exception {
        
        // Open the Folder
        folder = store.getDefaultFolder();
        
        folder = folder.getFolder(folderName);
        
        if (folder == null) {
            throw new Exception("Invalid folder");
        }
        
        // try to open read/write and if that fails try read-only
        try {
            
            folder.open(Folder.READ_WRITE);
            
        } catch (MessagingException ex) {
            
            folder.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
            
        }
    }
    
    public void closeFolder() throws Exception {
        folder.close(false);
    }
    
    public int getMessageCount() throws Exception {
        return folder.getMessageCount();
    }
    
    public int getNewMessageCount() throws Exception {
        return folder.getNewMessageCount();
    }
    
    public void disconnect() throws Exception {
        store.close();
    }
    
    public void printMessage(int messageNo) throws Exception {
        System.out.println("Getting message number: " + messageNo);
        
        Message m = null;
        
        try {
            m = folder.getMessage(messageNo);
            dumpPart(m);
        } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException iex) {
            System.out.println("Message number out of range");
        }
    }
    
    public void printAllMessageEnvelopes() throws Exception {
        
        // Attributes & Flags for all messages ..
        Message[] msgs = folder.getMessages();
        
        // Use a suitable FetchProfile
        FetchProfile fp = new FetchProfile();
        fp.add(FetchProfile.Item.ENVELOPE);        
        folder.fetch(msgs, fp);
        
        for (int i = 0; i < msgs.length; i++) {
            System.out.println("--------------------------");
            System.out.println("MESSAGE #" + (i + 1) + ":");
            dumpEnvelope(msgs[i]);
            
        }
        
    }
    
    public void printAllMessages() throws Exception {
     
        // Attributes & Flags for all messages ..
        Message[] msgs = folder.getMessages();
        
        // Use a suitable FetchProfile
        FetchProfile fp = new FetchProfile();
        fp.add(FetchProfile.Item.ENVELOPE);        
        folder.fetch(msgs, fp);
        
        for (int i = 0; i < msgs.length; i++) {
            System.out.println("--------------------------");
            System.out.println("MESSAGE #" + (i + 1) + ":");
            dumpPart(msgs[i]);
        }
        
    
    }
    
    
    public static void dumpPart(Part p) throws Exception {
        if (p instanceof Message)
            dumpEnvelope((Message)p);
       Object content = p.getContent();
      System.out.println(content);
        String ct = p.getContentType();
        try {
            pr("CONTENT-TYPE: " + (new ContentType(ct)).toString());
        } catch (ParseException pex) {
            pr("BAD CONTENT-TYPE: " + ct);
        }
        
        /*
         * Using isMimeType to determine the content type avoids
         * fetching the actual content data until we need it.
         */
        if (p.isMimeType("text/plain")) {
            pr("This is plain text");
            pr("---------------------------");
            System.out.println((String)p.getContent());        
        } else {
            
            // just a separator
            pr("---------------------------");
            
        }
    }
    
    public static void dumpEnvelope(Message m) throws Exception {        
        pr(" ");
        Address[] a;
        // FROM
        if ((a = m.getFrom()) != null) {
            for (int j = 0; j < a.length; j++)
                pr("FROM: " + a[j].toString());
        }
        
        // TO
        if ((a = m.getRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO)) != null) {
            for (int j = 0; j < a.length; j++) {
                pr("TO: " + a[j].toString());                
            }
        }
        
        // SUBJECT
        pr("SUBJECT: " + m.getSubject());
        
        // DATE
        Date d = m.getSentDate();
        pr("SendDate: " +
                (d != null ? d.toString() : "UNKNOWN"));
        

    }
    
    static String indentStr = "                                               ";
    static int level = 0;
    
    /**
     * Print a, possibly indented, string.
     */
    public static void pr(String s) {
        
        System.out.print(indentStr.substring(0, level * 2));
        System.out.println(s);
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        try {
            
            GmailUtilities gmail = new GmailUtilities();
            gmail.setUserPass("your gmail account name","your password");
            gmail.connect();
            gmail.openFolder("INBOX");
            
            int totalMessages = gmail.getMessageCount();
            int newMessages = gmail.getNewMessageCount();
            
            System.out.println("Total messages = " + totalMessages);
            System.out.println("New messages = " + newMessages);
            System.out.println("-------------------------------");
            
            //gmail.printAllMessageEnvelopes();
            gmail.printAllMessages();
            gmail.closeFolder();
            
        } catch(Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
           // System.exit(-1);
        }
        
    }
    
}

 

JavaMail: Send HTML Mail Using Gmail's SMTP Server

public static void htmlMail(String from, String password, String to,
			String subject, String body) throws Exception {

		String host = "smtp.gmail.com";
		Properties props = System.getProperties();
		props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
		props.put("mail.smtp.host", host);
		props.put("mail.smtp.user", from);
		props.put("mail.smtp.password", password);
		props.put("mail.smtp.port", "587");
		props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");

		Session mailSession = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
		// mailSession.setDebug(true);

		MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(mailSession);
		message.setSubject(subject);
		message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
		message.setContent(body, "text/html");

		InternetAddress toAddress = new InternetAddress(to);
		message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, toAddress);

		Transport transport = mailSession.getTransport("smtp");
		transport.connect(host, from, password);
		transport.sendMessage(message, message.getAllRecipients());
		transport.close();

	}
 

JavaMail: Send Plain Mail Using Gmail's SMTP Server

public static void simpleMail(String from, String password, String to,
			String subject, String body) throws Exception {

		String host = "smtp.gmail.com";
		Properties props = System.getProperties();
		props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
		props.put("mail.smtp.host", host);
		props.put("mail.smtp.user", from);
		props.put("mail.smtp.password", password);
		props.put("mail.smtp.port", "587");
		props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");

		Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
		MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session);
		message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));

		InternetAddress toAddress = new InternetAddress(to);

		message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, toAddress);

		message.setSubject(subject);
		message.setText(body);
		Transport transport = session.getTransport("smtp");
		transport.connect(host, from, password);
		transport.sendMessage(message, message.getAllRecipients());
		transport.close();
	}