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We know that if we have to send a mail to somebody from java code, we need to have access on some mail server credentials. Well, not always.

Google has provided free access to one of its mail server and you can use it java code.

Below written code if more like a note to my self. So, if i need it sometime, you can refer here.

import java.util.Properties;

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

public class JavaEmail
{
    Session mailSession;

    public static void main(String args[]) throws AddressException,    MessagingException
    {
        JavaEmail javaEmail = new JavaEmail();
        javaEmail.setMailServerProperties();
        javaEmail.draftEmailMessage();
        javaEmail.sendEmail();
    }

    private void setMailServerProperties()
    {
        Properties emailProperties = System.getProperties();
        emailProperties.put("mail.smtp.port", "586");
        emailProperties.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
        emailProperties.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
        mailSession = Session.getDefaultInstance(emailProperties, null);
    }

    private MimeMessage draftEmailMessage() throws AddressException, MessagingException
    {
        String[] toEmails = { "howtodoinjava@gmail.com" };
        String emailSubject = "Test email subject";
        String emailBody = "This is an email sent by http://www.howtodoinjava.com.";
        MimeMessage emailMessage = new MimeMessage(mailSession);
        /**
         * Set the mail recipients
         * */
        for (int i = 0; i < toEmails.length; i++)
        {
            emailMessage.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(toEmails[i]));
        }
        emailMessage.setSubject(emailSubject);
        /**
         * If sending HTML mail
         * */
        emailMessage.setContent(emailBody, "text/html");
        /**
         * If sending only text mail
         * */
        //emailMessage.setText(emailBody);// for a text email
        return emailMessage;
    }

    private void sendEmail() throws AddressException, MessagingException
    {
        /**
         * Sender's credentials
         * */
        String fromUser = "user-email@gmail.com";
        String fromUserEmailPassword = "*******";

        String emailHost = "smtp.gmail.com";
        Transport transport = mailSession.getTransport("smtp");
        transport.connect(emailHost, fromUser, fromUserEmailPassword);
        /**
         * Draft the message
         * */
        MimeMessage emailMessage = draftEmailMessage();
        /**
         * Send the mail
         * */
        transport.sendMessage(emailMessage, emailMessage.getAllRecipients());
        transport.close();
        System.out.println("Email sent successfully.");
    }
}

Happy Learning !!