Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server requires TLS or SSL: smtp.gmail.com (use authentication) Use Authentication: Yes Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587 Port for SSL: 465
GMail SMTP detail here – http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13287
1. JavaMail – GMail via TLS
Send an Email via Gmail SMTP server using TLS connection.
package com.mkyong.common; import java.util.Properties; import javax.mail.Message; import javax.mail.MessagingException; import javax.mail.Session; import javax.mail.Transport; import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress; import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage; public class SendMailTLS { public static void main(String[] args) { String host = "smtp.gmail.com"; int port = 587; String username = "username"; String password = "password"; Properties props = new Properties(); props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true"); props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true"); Session session = Session.getInstance(props); try { Message message = new MimeMessage(session); message.setFrom(new InternetAddress("from@no-spam.com")); message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, InternetAddress.parse("to@no-spam.com")); message.setSubject("Testing Subject"); message.setText("Dear Mail Crawler," + "\n\n No spam to my email, please!"); Transport transport = session.getTransport("smtp"); transport.connect(host, port, username, password); Transport.send(message); System.out.println("Done"); } catch (MessagingException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } }
2. JavaMail – GMail via SSL
Send an Email via Gmail SMTP server using SSL connection.
package com.mkyong.common; 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; public class SendMailSSL { public static void main(String[] args) { Properties props = new Properties(); props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com"); props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "465"); props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory"); props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true"); props.put("mail.smtp.port", "465"); Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, new javax.mail.Authenticator() { protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() { return new PasswordAuthentication("username","password"); } }); try { Message message = new MimeMessage(session); message.setFrom(new InternetAddress("from@no-spam.com")); message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, InternetAddress.parse("to@no-spam.com")); message.setSubject("Testing Subject"); message.setText("Dear Mail Crawler," + "\n\n No spam to my email, please!"); Transport.send(message); System.out.println("Done"); } catch (MessagingException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } }