Exception in java mail API when parsing email

I am receiving the following exception when receiving some emails that contain attachments with java mail (irrelevant part of stack trace omitted):
javax.mail.internet.ParseException: Expected ';', got ","
     at javax.mail.internet.ParameterList.<init>(ParameterList.java:289)
     at javax.mail.internet.ContentDisposition.<init>(ContentDisposition.java:100)
     at javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart.getFileName(MimeBodyPart.java:1136)
The header of a message the causes the problem is:
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) ------------ Message headers ------------
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Received: from mail2.uscourts.gov ([10.170.250.2])
by ushub06.uscmail.dcn (Lotus Domino Release 8.5.2FP1 HF3)
with SMTP id 2011042514392620-733724 ;
Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:39:26 -0400
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Received: from (unknown [63.174.91.123]) by avms-usc-04c-02vh.ibmta.uscourts.gov with smtp
     id 191c_067d_57fad3b8_6f6b_11e0_8de9_00265519f638;
     Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:39:24 +0000
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) X-WSS-ID: 0LK815L-05-67D-02
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) X-M-MSG:
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Received: from kcmexclaim.Our-Firm.com (unknown [10.42.5.222])by mail4.stinson.com (Axway MailGate 3.8.1) with ESMTP id 27239A12C1D;     Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:39:20 -0500 (CDT)
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Received: from KCME2K7-HUB02.Our-Firm.com ([10.42.5.19]) by kcmexclaim.Our-Firm.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:39:23 -0500
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Received: from FIRMCMS01.Our-Firm.com ([fe80::81d0:dd2b:9983:1126]) by KCME2K7-HUB02.Our-Firm.com ([::1]) with mapi; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:39:22 -0500
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) From:
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) To:
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Cc:
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Disposition-Notification-To:
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:39:21 -0500
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Subject: Order Regarding Application To Employ SMH as Debtor's Counsel
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Thread-Topic: Order Regarding Application To Employ SMH as Debtor's Counsel
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Thread-Index: AcwDb/bpRQlxt/eTQC6BA7G10hdWJQAB99vQ
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Message-ID: <[email protected]>
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Accept-Language: en-US
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) X-MS-Has-Attach: yes
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) X-MS-TNEF-Correlator:
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) acceptlanguage: en-US
2011-04-25 14:39:48,060 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Importance: Normal
2011-04-25 14:39:48,061 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Priority: normal
2011-04-25 14:39:48,061 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4841
2011-04-25 14:39:48,061 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) MIME-Version: 1.0
2011-04-25 14:39:48,061 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Return-Path:
2011-04-25 14:39:48,061 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Apr 2011 18:39:23.0526 (UTC) FILETIME=[18E10260:01CC0378]
2011-04-25 14:39:48,061 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on USHUB06/H/US/USCOURTS(Release 8.5.2FP1 HF3|December 21, 2010) at 04/25/2011 02:39:26 PM, Serialize by POP3 Server(Release 8.0.2FP3 HF28|December 28, 2009) at 04/25/2011 02:39:47 PM
2011-04-25 14:39:48,061 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
2011-04-25 14:39:48,061 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message 2011-04-25 14:39:48,061 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Content-Type: multipart/mixed;     boundary="_004_52835C1F7A6C8D4F989C433DCC611CA06F252D6682FIRMCMS01OurF_"
2011-04-25 14:39:48,061 INFO [STDOUT] (WorkManager(2)-97) Content-Language: en-US
the client/OS combination of the mail sender is Windows XP service Pack 3/Outlook 2007 , Java Mail version 1.4.3
Any help would be appreciated
Edited by: 854778 on Apr 26, 2011 8:28 AM

The exception is occurring when parsing the Content-Disposition header.
I don't see that header in the list of headers you provided.
Can you save the entire message to a text file using
msg.writeTo(new FileOutputStream("msg.txt"));
Then look for the Content-Disposition header in msg.txt. Most likely you'll
find that it is incorrectly formatted - as the exception says, there's a comma
in a place that a semicolon is expected.

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    public void disconnect() throws Exception {
        store.close();
    public void printMessage(int messageNo) throws Exception {
        System.out.println("Getting message number: " + messageNo);
        Message m = null;
        try {
            m = folder.getMessage(messageNo);
            dumpPart(m);
        } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException iex) {
            System.out.println("Message number out of range");
    public void printAllMessageEnvelopes() throws Exception {
        // Attributes & Flags for all messages ..
        Message[] msgs = folder.getMessages();
        // Use a suitable FetchProfile
        FetchProfile fp = new FetchProfile();
        fp.add(FetchProfile.Item.ENVELOPE);
        folder.fetch(msgs, fp);
        for (int i = 0; i < msgs.length; i++) {
            System.out.println("--------------------------");
            System.out.println("MESSAGE #" + (i + 1) + ":");
            dumpEnvelope(msgs);
public void printAllMessages() throws Exception {
// Attributes & Flags for all messages ..
Message[] msgs = folder.getMessages();
// Use a suitable FetchProfile
FetchProfile fp = new FetchProfile();
fp.add(FetchProfile.Item.ENVELOPE);
folder.fetch(msgs, fp);
for (int i = 0; i < msgs.length; i++) {
System.out.println("--------------------------");
System.out.println("MESSAGE #" + (i + 1) + ":");
dumpPart(msgs[i]);
public static void dumpPart(Part p) throws Exception {
if (p instanceof Message)
dumpEnvelope((Message)p);
String ct = p.getContentType();
try {
pr("CONTENT-TYPE: " + (new ContentType(ct)).toString());
} catch (ParseException pex) {
pr("BAD CONTENT-TYPE: " + ct);
* Using isMimeType to determine the content type avoids
* fetching the actual content data until we need it.
if (p.isMimeType("text/plain")) {
pr("This is plain text");
pr("---------------------------");
System.out.println((String)p.getContent());
} else {
// just a separator
pr("---------------------------");
public static void dumpEnvelope(Message m) throws Exception {
pr(" ");
Address[] a;
// FROM
if ((a = m.getFrom()) != null) {
for (int j = 0; j < a.length; j++)
pr("FROM: " + a[j].toString());
// TO
if ((a = m.getRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO)) != null) {
for (int j = 0; j < a.length; j++) {
pr("TO: " + a[j].toString());
// SUBJECT
pr("SUBJECT: " + m.getSubject());
// DATE
Date d = m.getSentDate();
pr("SendDate: " +
(d != null ? d.toString() : "UNKNOWN"));
static String indentStr = " ";
static int level = 0;
* Print a, possibly indented, string.
public static void pr(String s) {
System.out.print(indentStr.substring(0, level * 2));
System.out.println(s);
}END OF PART 2
END OF PROGRAM 2
P.S: CHECKING !!
STEP 1.
First compile and execute the PROGRAM 1 with your USERNAME & PASSWORD. This will send a mail to your own account.
STEP 2.
Now compile both PART 1 & PART 2 of PROGRAM 2. Then, execute PART 1 - Main.java. This will retrive the mail sent in step 1. njoy! :)
In future, I hope this is added to the demo programs of the Java Mail API download package.
This is for 3 main reasons...
1. To prevent a lot of silly questions being posted on this forum [like the ones I did :(].
2. To give the first time Java Mail user with a real time working example without code modification [code has to use command line args like the demo programs - for instant results].
3. Also, this is what google has to say..
"The Gmail Team is committed to making sure you always can access your mail. That's why we're offering POP access and auto-forwarding. Both features are free for all Gmail users and we have no plans to charge for them in the future."
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13295
I guess bshannon & Java Mail team is hearing this....
Again, Hurray and thanks for helping me make it!! cheers & no more frowned faces!!
(: (: (: (: (: GO JCODERS GO!! :) :) :) :) :)
codeace
-----

Thanks for the reply,
I did checked by enabling session debuging and also checked pop settings it's enabled for all
mails, I tried deleting some very old messages and now the message count is changed to 310.
This may be the problem with gmail.
Bellow is the output i got,
DEBUG: setDebug: JavaMail version 1.4ea
DEBUG: getProvider() returning javax.mail.Provider[STORE,pop3,com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3Store,Sun Microsystems, Inc]
DEBUG POP3: connecting to host "pop.gmail.com", port 995, isSSL false
S: +OK Gpop ready for requests from 121.243.255.240 n22pf5432603pof.2
C: USER [email protected]
S: +OK send PASS
C: PASS my_password
S: +OK Welcome.
C: STAT
S: +OK 310 26900234
Custom output: messageCount : 310
C: QUIT
S: +OK Farewell.

Problem using Java Mail API with WLS 7.0

Hi All,
I am trying to use the Java Mail API provided by WLS 7.0. I have made the
settings metioned in the WLS 7.0 docs. However when I try to run the program I
am getting the following error:
javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment
or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file:
java.naming.factory.initial
at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:6
46)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:246
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getURLOrDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.jav
a:283)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:350)
The code that I have written is as follows
import java.util.*;
import javax.activation.*;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.naming.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Date;
public class MailTo {
     public static void main(String args[])
          try
               //Context ic = getInitialContext();
               InitialContext ic = new InitialContext();
/* My jndi name is "testSession" */
               Session session = (Session) ic.lookup("testSession"); /* THE PROBLEM IS SHOWN
IN THIS LINE */
               Properties props = new Properties();
               props.put("mail.transport.protocol", "smtp");
               props.put("mail.smtp.host", "XX.XX.XX.XX");
/* For security reasons I have written the ip add in this format */
               props.put("mail.from", "[email protected]"); /* for security reasons i have
changed the mail address */
               Session session2 = session.getInstance(props);
               Message msg = new MimeMessage(session2);
               msg.setFrom();
               msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, InternetAddress.parse("[email protected]",
false));
               msg.setSubject("Test Message");
               msg.setSentDate(new Date());
               MimeBodyPart mbp = new MimeBodyPart();
               mbp.setText("This is a mail sent to you using JAVA Mail API and Weblogic Server");
               Multipart mp = new MimeMultipart();
               mp.addBodyPart(mbp);
               msg.setContent(mp);
               Transport.send(msg);
          catch(Exception e)
               e.printStackTrace();
     }//end of main
public static Context getInitialContext()
     throws NamingException
          Properties p = new Properties();
          p.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory");
          p.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "t3://localhost:7501/testWebApp");
               p.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, "weblogic");
               p.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, "weblogic");
          return new InitialContext(p);
}//end of class
Can anyone please tell me what is the problem. I thought that we cannot directly
do
InitialContext ic = new InitialContext();
So I had written a method getInitialContext() as shown in the above piece of code,
but that too did not work.
Eagerly awaiting a response.
Jimmy Shah

You can use InitialContext ic = new InitialContext() only if you are using a startup class, servlet or a JSP i.e
server side code.
If you are using a java client you need to use Context ic = getInitialContext();
Try this code
import java.util.*;
import javax.activation.*;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.naming.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Date;
public class MailTo {
public static void main(String args[])
try {
Properties h = new Properties();
h.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,"weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory");
h.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "t3://localhost:7001");
Context ic = new InitialContext(h);
Session session = (Session) ic.lookup("testSession");
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("mail.transport.protocol", "smtp");
props.put("mail.smtp.host", "XX.XX.XX.XX");
props.put("mail.from", "[email protected]");
Session session2 = session.getInstance(props);
Message msg = new MimeMessage(session2);
msg.setFrom();
msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,InternetAddress.parse("[email protected]",false));
msg.setSubject("Test Message");
msg.setSentDate(new Date());
MimeBodyPart mbp = new MimeBodyPart();
mbp.setText("This is a mail sent to you using JAVA Mail API and Weblogic Server");
Multipart mp = new MimeMultipart();
mp.addBodyPart(mbp);
msg.setContent(mp);
Transport.send(msg);
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
}//end of main
}//end of class
We have shipped a javamail example in the samples\server\src\examples\javamail folder.
Jimmy Shah wrote:
Hi All,
I am trying to use the Java Mail API provided by WLS 7.0. I have made the
settings metioned in the WLS 7.0 docs. However when I try to run the program I
am getting the following error:
javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment
or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file:
java.naming.factory.initial
at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:6
46)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:246
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getURLOrDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.jav
a:283)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:350)
The code that I have written is as follows
import java.util.*;
import javax.activation.*;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.naming.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Date;
public class MailTo {
public static void main(String args[])
try
//Context ic = getInitialContext();
InitialContext ic = new InitialContext();
/* My jndi name is "testSession" */
Session session = (Session) ic.lookup("testSession"); /* THE PROBLEM IS SHOWN
IN THIS LINE */
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("mail.transport.protocol", "smtp");
props.put("mail.smtp.host", "XX.XX.XX.XX");
/* For security reasons I have written the ip add in this format */
props.put("mail.from", "[email protected]"); /* for security reasons i have
changed the mail address */
Session session2 = session.getInstance(props);
Message msg = new MimeMessage(session2);
msg.setFrom();
msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, InternetAddress.parse("[email protected]",
false));
msg.setSubject("Test Message");
msg.setSentDate(new Date());
MimeBodyPart mbp = new MimeBodyPart();
mbp.setText("This is a mail sent to you using JAVA Mail API and Weblogic Server");
Multipart mp = new MimeMultipart();
mp.addBodyPart(mbp);
msg.setContent(mp);
Transport.send(msg);
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
}//end of main
public static Context getInitialContext()
throws NamingException
Properties p = new Properties();
p.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory");
p.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "t3://localhost:7501/testWebApp");
p.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, "weblogic");
p.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, "weblogic");
return new InitialContext(p);
}//end of class
Can anyone please tell me what is the problem. I thought that we cannot directly
do
InitialContext ic = new InitialContext();
So I had written a method getInitialContext() as shown in the above piece of code,
but that too did not work.
Eagerly awaiting a response.
Jimmy Shah--
Rajesh Mirchandani
Developer Relations Engineer
BEA Support

Using Java Mail API from Tomcat

Hello,
Purely as an academic exercise I have written a JSP page which, upon being requested from the client's browser, should send me a default email using Java Mail Api.
here is the code :
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.activation.*;
public class TestMail {
    static String msgText1 = "success this time 12";
    static String msgText2 = "This is the text in the message attachment.";
    public String sendIt() {
        String to = "<my email";
        String from = "<anything>";
        String host = "<my ip address of smtp server>";
        boolean debug = false;
        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.put("mail.smtp.host", host);
        Session session = Session.getInstance(props, null);
.....The code works fine as a stand alone app but when called from JSP page it hangs on the Session.getInstance line. I can only guess that this might be a security issue with the container not allowing access to the smtp server ?
Can anyone give me a clue ???

Your Tomcat log files should spell out the problem for you.
My Tomcat installation does not come with the Java Mail API. I had to add the mail and activation jar files to the server/common.lib directory (or the server's shared/lib or the WEB-INF/lib of your application.)
HTH.

Java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError while using java mail api

Hi Everybody ,
I am new comer to this forum , and would like to be an active member.
I am getting this error while trying to use the java mail api to send an email using smtp.
The error is as follows :
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: javax/mail/Message (Unsupported major.minor version 48.0)
Can Anyone please tell where I am wrong.
I am using the following code
==============================================================
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.abc.com");
// create some properties and get the default Session
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
session.setDebug(debug);
// create a message
Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
// set the from and to address
InternetAddress addressFrom = new InternetAddress(from);
msg.setFrom(addressFrom);
InternetAddress[] addressTo = new InternetAddress[recipients.length];
for (int i = 0; i < recipients.length; i++)
addressTo[i] = new InternetAddress(recipients);
msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, addressTo);
// Optional : You can also set your custom headers in the Email if you Want
msg.addHeader("MyHeaderName", "myHeaderValue");
// Setting the Subject and Content Type
msg.setSubject(subject);
msg.setContent(message, "text/plain");
Transport.send(msg);
==============================================================

Hi Philip ,
Thanks for the prompt reply , I had installed oracle client services which overid my jdk1.4 installation with jdk1.3 and hence the error. I changed my classpath settings to point to jdk1.4 and it owrked properly.
Thanks once again.
regards,
Rupesh Rajan

Problem with sending mail throgh java mail api

hi folks,
We are having problem regarding sending mail using java mail api.
we are using msgsendsample.java file from demo folder contained in javamail-1.3.3_01 folder.
we are using following command at dos prompt.:
java msgsendsample [email protected] [email protected] smtp.mail.yahoo.com false
It gives following Exception:
--Exception handling in msgsendsample.java
com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPSendFailedException: 530 authentication required - for hel
p go to http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/pop/pop-11.html
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.issueSendCommand(SMTPTransport.java:1
333) at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.mailFrom(SMTPTransport.java:906)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:535)
at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:151)
at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:80)
at msgsendsample.main(msgsendsample.java:93)
** ValidUnsent Addresses
[email protected]
Thanking in Advance...
Please give us guidance to any alternate solution if exists.

hi
the smtp server u are using should allow u to send mail to other smtp server like if u r sending mail to yahoo account u have to use yahoo smtp server only .....
bye

Java mail api - sending mails to gmail account

Hello
I am using java mail api to send mails.when i send mails to gmail from ids which are not in gmail friends list, most of the mails are going to spam.Ofcourse, some of them go to inbox.I tried in lot of ways to analyse the problem.But nothing could help. Can anyone plzz tell me how to avoid mails going to spam in gmail, using java mail api?
Thank you in advance,
Regards,
Aradhana
Message was edited by:
Aradhana

am using the below code.
Properties props = System.getProperties();
//          Setup mail server
          props.put("mail.smtp.host", smtpHost);
          props.put("mail.smtp.port","25");
          props.put("mail.smtp.auth", isAuth);
     Authenticator auth = new UserAuthenticator();
//          Get session
          Session s = Session.getDefaultInstance(props,auth);
//          Define message
          Message m = new MimeMessage(s);
//          setting message attributes
          try {
               m.setRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to));
               InternetAddress f_addr=new InternetAddress(from);
               f_addr.setPersonal(personalName);
               m.setFrom(f_addr);
               m.setSubject(subject);
               m.setSentDate(new Date());
               m.setContent(msg,"text/plain");
               m.saveChanges();
//               send message
               Transport.send(m);
Message was edited by:
Aradhana

Issue with JAVA Mail API

Hi
We have a requirement to create a custom e mail. For the same I am trying to use Java Mail API.I am facing an issue with the following code:
session session1 = session.getInstance(properties, null);
System gives an error Sourced file: inline evaluation of: ``Properties props = new Properties(); session session1 = session.getInstance(prop . . . '' : Typed variable declaration : Class: session not found in namespace
Is there some specific API i need to import for session class. Kindly suggest.
Regards
Shobha

Hi Shobha,
I was also facing the same issue from last couple of weeks and just now i have achieved the working functionality.
Please find below working code and replace values as per your serveru2019s configuration.
import com.sap.odp.api.util.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.activation.*;
import java.io.File;
import java.net.*;
// SUBSTITUTE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES HERE!!!
String to =<email address>;
String from =<email address>;
// SUBSTITUTE YOUR ISP'S MAIL SERVER HERE!!!
String host = <smtp host name>;
String user = <smtp user name>;
// Create properties, get Session
// Properties props = new Properties();
Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.put("mail.transport.protocol", "smtp");
props.put("mail.smtp.host", host);
props.put("mail.debug", "false");
props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "false");
props.put("mail.user",user);
props.put("mail.from",from);
Session d_session = Session.getInstance(props,null);//Authenticator object need to be set
Message msg = new MimeMessage(d_session);
msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
InternetAddress[] address = {new InternetAddress(to)};
msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, address);
msg.setSubject("Test E-Mail through Java");
msg.setSentDate(new Date());
msg.setText("This is a test of sending a " +
"plain text e-mail through Java.\n" +
"Here is line 2.");
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Deepak!!!

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