I am sending mail from my Java app to Gmail Account. I had used the Java Mail API and it worked fine. But is it possible to send an e-mail without using the mail API in java?
I mean just by using sockets:
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String host = "smtp.gmail.com";
int port = 465;
String from = "sh2rpzain@gmail.com";
String toAddr = "sharpzian@gmail.com";
Socket servSocket = new Socket(host, port);
DataOutputStream os = new DataOutputStream(servSocket.getOutputStream());
DataInputStream is = new DataInputStream(servSocket.getInputStream());
if (servSocket != null && os != null && is != null) {
os.writeBytes("HELO\r\n");
os.writeBytes("MAIL From:" + from + " \r\n");
os.writeBytes("RCPT To:" + toAddr + "\r\n");
os.writeBytes("DATA\r\n");
os.writeBytes("X-Mailer: Java\r\n");
os.writeBytes("DATE: " + DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL,
Locale.US).format(new Date()) + "\r\n");
os.writeBytes("From:" + from + "\r\n");
os.writeBytes("To:" + toAddr + "\r\n");
}
os.writeBytes("Subject:\r\n");
os.writeBytes("body\r\n");
os.writeBytes("\r\n.\r\n");
os.writeBytes("QUIT\r\n");
String responseline;
while ((responseline = is.readUTF()) != null) {
if (responseline.indexOf("Ok") != -1)
break;
}
}
}
But it is not working, it doesn't send out the mail. Can anyone tell me what could be the problem?
Here is a good example:
public class SMTPDemo {
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException,
UnknownHostException {
String msgFile = "file.txt";
String from = "java2s@java2s.com";
String to = "yourEmail@yourServer.com";
String mailHost = "yourHost";
SMTP mail = new SMTP(mailHost);
if (mail != null) {
if (mail.send(new FileReader(msgFile), from, to)) {
System.out.println("Mail sent.");
} else {
System.out.println("Connect to SMTP server failed!");
}
}
System.out.println("Done.");
}
static class SMTP {
private final static int SMTP_PORT = 25;
InetAddress mailHost;
InetAddress localhost;
BufferedReader in;
PrintWriter out;
public SMTP(String host) throws UnknownHostException {
mailHost = InetAddress.getByName(host);
localhost = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
System.out.println("mailhost = " + mailHost);
System.out.println("localhost= " + localhost);
System.out.println("SMTP constructor done\n");
}
public boolean send(FileReader msgFileReader, String from, String to)
throws IOException {
Socket smtpPipe;
InputStream inn;
OutputStream outt;
BufferedReader msg;
msg = new BufferedReader(msgFileReader);
smtpPipe = new Socket(mailHost, SMTP_PORT);
if (smtpPipe == null) {
return false;
}
inn = smtpPipe.getInputStream();
outt = smtpPipe.getOutputStream();
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inn));
out = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(outt), true);
if (inn == null || outt == null) {
System.out.println("Failed to open streams to socket.");
return false;
}
String initialID = in.readLine();
System.out.println(initialID);
System.out.println("HELO " + localhost.getHostName());
out.println("HELO " + localhost.getHostName());
String welcome = in.readLine();
System.out.println(welcome);
System.out.println("MAIL From:<" + from + ">");
out.println("MAIL From:<" + from + ">");
String senderOK = in.readLine();
System.out.println(senderOK);
System.out.println("RCPT TO:<" + to + ">");
out.println("RCPT TO:<" + to + ">");
String recipientOK = in.readLine();
System.out.println(recipientOK);
System.out.println("DATA");
out.println("DATA");
String line;
while ((line = msg.readLine()) != null) {
out.println(line);
}
System.out.println(".");
out.println(".");
String acceptedOK = in.readLine();
System.out.println(acceptedOK);
System.out.println("QUIT");
out.println("QUIT");
return true;
}
}
}
-> http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Network-Protocol/SendingMailUsingSockets.htm
If you have a dynamic IP you are probably not able to send messages to Googlemail.
GMail doesn't allow non-secure mail transfer. You need to make an SSL/TLS connection in your implementation.
By default, Google only allows encrypted connections. That's actually a good thing, in my opinion.
But if you must send your mails in plaintext, you can enable it on your Account Page under settings.
In order to use a secure connection, use SSLSocket instead of Socket, like this:
SSLSocket socket = (SSLSocket) ((SSLSocketFactory) SSLSocketFactory.getDefault()).createSocket(InetAddress.getByName("smtp.gmail.com"), 465);