How do i send an html page in java mail

Question

hi everyone, i have an problem while sending html page in my java mail application.Actually it's sending the html page correctly but the thing is it doesn't display the gif files . why so ? can anyone help me. i think its b'coz of the path problem.
My requirement is like this :
I would like to send an html page to some [email protected] from my local system . for that i have written one mail application which will build an html page which is also having some gif files. And these gif files are located in my local system. when i sent to some xyz user it's not displaying the gif files . How should i give the path for that gif files. pls help me regarding this. This is Urgent.
Thanx in advance.
by
jjjavac

Answer 1

hi , here with i have attached my program which will work fine . What u have to do is u have to specify ur smtp host address. from address and to address. And if u want to embedd the gif file u have to specify the gif file name. It will work only in outlook and hotmail. if u have anyother doubt let me know.
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.activation.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.text.*;
* @author Jeevan
public class EmbeddingGif {
     StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
     String line;
public static void main(String[] argv) {
          new EmbeddingGif (argv);
public EmbeddingGif (String[] argv) {
          String to, subject = null, from = "[email protected]",
          cc = null, bcc = null, url = null;
//     String mailhost = null;
          String mailhost = "10.1.0.106";                    // SMTP host address
          String mailer = "SendHtmlMail";
          String protocol = "imap", host = null, user = "jeevan", password = "jeevan";
          String record = "g:/rbs/web-inf/classes/emailstore";     // name of folder in which to record mail
          boolean debug = false;
          BufferedReader in = null;
          int optind;
     for (optind = 0; optind < argv.length; optind++) {
     if (argv[optind].equals("-T")) {
          protocol = argv[++optind];
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("-H")) {
          host = argv[++optind];
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("-U")) {
          user = argv[++optind];
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("-P")) {
          password = argv[++optind];
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("-M")) {
          mailhost = argv[++optind];
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("-f")) {
          record = argv[++optind];
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("-s")) {
          subject = argv[++optind];
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("-o")) { // originator
          from = argv[++optind];
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("-c")) {
          cc = argv[++optind];
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("-b")) {
          bcc = argv[++optind];
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("-L")) {
          url = argv[++optind];
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("-d")) {
          debug = true;
     } else if (argv[optind].equals("--")) {
          optind++;
          break;
     } else if (argv[optind].startsWith("-")) {
          System.out.println(
"Usage: SendHtmlMail [[-L store-url] | [-T prot] [-H host] [-U user] [-P passwd]]");
          System.out.println(
"\t[-s subject] [-o from-address] [-c cc-addresses] [-b bcc-addresses]");
          System.out.println(
"\t[-f record-mailbox] [-M transport-host] [-d] [address]");
          System.exit(1);
     } else {
          break;
     try {
     if (optind < argv.length) {
          // XXX - concatenate all remaining arguments
          to = argv[optind];
          System.out.println("To: " + to);
     } else {
          System.out.print("To: ");
          System.out.flush();
//          to = in.readLine();
          to = "[email protected]";
     if (subject == null) {
          System.out.print("Subject: ");
          System.out.flush();
//          subject = in.readLine();
          subject = "New Bill @ " + new Date ();
     } else {
          System.out.println("Subject: " + subject);
     Properties props = System.getProperties();
     // XXX - could use Session.getTransport() and Transport.connect()
     // XXX - assume we're using SMTP
          System.out.println("mailhost :"+mailhost);
          System.out.println("from :"+from);
          System.out.println("to :"+to);
          System.out.println("cc :"+cc);
          System.out.println("subject :"+subject);
          System.out.println("bcc :"+bcc);
          System.out.println("url :"+url);
     if (mailhost != null)
          props.put("mail.smtp.host", mailhost);
     // Get a Session object
     Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance (props, null);
     if (debug)
          session.setDebug (true);
     // construct the message
     Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
     if (from != null)
          msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
     else
          msg.setFrom();
     msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
                         InternetAddress.parse(to, false));
     if (cc != null)
          msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC,
                         InternetAddress.parse(cc, false));
     if (bcc != null)
          msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.BCC,
                         InternetAddress.parse(bcc, false));
     msg.setSubject(subject);
     collect(in, msg);
//     msg.setHeader("X-Mailer", mailer);
//     msg.setSentDate(new Date());
     // send the thing off
//     Transport.send(msg);
//     System.out.println("\nMail was sent successfully.");
     } catch (Exception e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
public void collect(BufferedReader in, Message msg)     throws MessagingException, IOException {
                    BodyPart bp1=new MimeBodyPart();
                    String html="<H1>Hello from Jeevan</H1>";
                    html=html+"<img src=cid:mickey>";
                    bp1.setContent(html,"text/html");
                    MimeMultipart mp=new MimeMultipart("related");
                    mp.setSubType("related");
                    mp.addBodyPart(bp1);
                    BodyPart bp2=new MimeBodyPart();
                    DataSource source=new FileDataSource("fss.gif");
                    bp2.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
                    bp2.setHeader("discrete-type","image");
                    bp2.setHeader("Content-ID","mickey");
                    mp.addBodyPart(bp2);
                    msg.setContent(mp);
                    Transport.send(msg);
     System.out.println("\nMail was sent successfully.");
//                    msg.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(     new ByteArrayDataSource(sb.toString(), "text/html")));