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Question

This program attempts to send e-mail but throws a run time exception:

javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: failed to connect, no password specified?

Why am I getting this exception when I have supplied the correct username and password for authentication?

Both the sender and receiver have g-mail accounts. The sender and the receiver both have g-mail accounts. The sender has 2-step verification process disabled.

This is the code:

import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import java.util.*;

class tester {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.put("mail.smtp.host" , "smtp.gmail.com");
        props.put("mail.stmp.user" , "username");

        //To use TLS
        props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true"); 
        props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
        props.put("mail.smtp.password", "password");
        //To use SSL
        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 , null);
        String to = "[e-mail]";
        String from = "[e-mail]";
        String subject = "Testing...";
        Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
        try {
            msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
            msg.setRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, 
                new InternetAddress(to));
            msg.setSubject(subject);
            msg.setText("Working fine..!");
            Transport transport = session.getTransport("smtp");
            transport.connect("smtp.gmail.com" , 465 , "username", "password");
            transport.send(msg);
            System.out.println("fine!!");
        }
        catch(Exception exc) {
            System.out.println(exc);
        }
    }
}

Even after giving the password I get the exception. Why is it not authenticating?

Answer 1

I have just faced this problem, and the solution is that the property "mail.smtp.user" should be your email (not username).

The example for gmail user:

properties.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
properties.put("mail.smtp.host", host);
properties.put("mail.smtp.user", from);
properties.put("mail.smtp.password", pass);
properties.put("mail.smtp.port", "587");
properties.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");