I am working on sending emails using JavaMail
,but getting error as javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at
535 5.7.8 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials g188sm3298732pfc.24 - gsmtp
- What i am doing is, i have a class as
EmailUtility
. - The above class has one static method,
sendEmail()
– which takes SMTP server settings and message details as its arguments. - I am putting SMTP server settings in my web.xml file but don't know what is going wrong
My EmailUtility
class
public class EmailUtility {
public static void sendEmail(String host, String port, final String userName, final String password,
String toAddress, String subject, String message) throws AddressException, MessagingException {
// setting SMTP server properties
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.put("mail.smtp.host", host);
properties.put("mail.smtp.port", port);
properties.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
properties.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
Session session = Session.getInstance(properties, new javax.mail.Authenticator() {
protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
return new PasswordAuthentication(userName, password);
}
});
// creates a new e-mail message
Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(userName));
InternetAddress[] toAddresses = { new InternetAddress(toAddress) };
msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, toAddresses);
msg.setSubject(subject);
msg.setSentDate(new Date());
msg.setText(message);
// sending the e-mail
Transport.send(msg);
}
}
here is my web.xml file
<context-param>
<param-name>host</param-name>
<param-value>smtp.gmail.com</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>port</param-name>
<param-value>587</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>user</param-name>
<param-value>test.123@gmail.com</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>pass</param-name>
<param-value>12345698</param-value>
</context-param>
And here is my servlet class
public void init() {
// reading SMTP server setting from web.xml file
ServletContext context = getServletContext();
host = context.getInitParameter("host");
port = context.getInitParameter("port");
user = context.getInitParameter("user");
pass = context.getInitParameter("pass");
}
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
// reading form fields
String recipient = request.getParameter("recipient");
String subject = request.getParameter("subject");
String content = request.getParameter("content");
System.out.println(recipient+" sub "+subject+" content "+content);
String resultMessage = "";
try {
EmailUtility.sendEmail(host, port, user, pass, recipient, subject,
content);
resultMessage = "The e-mail was sent successfully";
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
resultMessage = "There were an error: " + ex.getMessage();
}
I am doing the right thing but don't know what is the issue
If I enable Less Secure App setting in gmail then its working fine, i don't think it is the right approach to solve the issue as not every user is going to do that
So guys help me out, i don't know what bizarre i am making, thankyou
Edit is there any other resource by which i can send mails on cross platforms like from gmail to yahoo like that, i am open to use any other resource which can do the task i am trying to