Mail attachment in java

Question

hi
Here is the code i am using for mail attachment without attachment it is working fine
package com.nihon.login;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.DataSource;
import javax.activation.FileDataSource;
import javax.mail.BodyPart;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.Multipart;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Transport;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;
import javax.mail.util.ByteArrayDataSource;
public class Mail {
* @param args
private static String host = null;
private static String from = null;
private static String to = null;
private static String subject = null;
private static String content = null;
private static String filename = "D:\\Users
entry.pdf";
public static void send(String fromAddress,String toAddress,String subject, String mailContent) throws Exception{
send(fromAddress,toAddress,null,subject,mailContent);
public static void send(String fromAddress,String toAddress, String ccAddress,String subject, String mailContent) throws Exception {
ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.nihon.login.Application");
MailInfo mail = new MailInfo();
mail.setMailServer(rb.getString("nihon.mail.server"));
if(fromAddress!=null){
mail.setFromAddress(fromAddress);
}else{
mail.setFromAddress(rb.getString("nihon.mail.fromID"));
host = mail.getMailServer();
// Get system properties
Properties props = System.getProperties();
// Setup mail server
props.put("mail.smtp.host", host);
// Get session
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
// Define message
MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session);
// Set the from address
message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(mail.getFromAddress()));
// Set the to address
if(toAddress!=null)
message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(toAddress));
if(ccAddress!=null){
message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.CC, new InternetAddress(ccAddress));
// Set the subject
message.setSubject(subject);
// Set the content
message.setText(mailContent);
For attachment
BodyPart messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
Multipart multipart = new MimeMultipart();
multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);
messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
DataSource source = new FileDataSource(filename);
messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
messageBodyPart.setFileName(filename);
multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);
message.setContent(multipart);
// Send message
Transport.send(message);
// Method to instantiate once
public static Mail getInstance() {
if (instance == null) {
instance = new Mail();
return new Mail();
// Construtctor
protected Mail() {
private static Mail instance = null;
But now i add some code for attachment after that i got the exception in below
javax.mail.MessagingException: IOException while sending message;
nested exception is:
java.io.IOException: No content
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:625)
at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:169)
at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:98)
at com.nihon.login.Mail.send(Mail.java:104)
at com.nihon.login.Mail.send(Mail.java:47)
at com.nihon.login.Mailsender.sendMail(Mailsender.java:47)
at com.nihon.login.Mailsender.attributeAdded(Mailsender.java:19)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.setAttribute(StandardSession.java:1334)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.setAttribute(StandardSession.java:1243)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSessionFacade.setAttribute(StandardSessionFacade.java:130)
at com.nihon.track.OnsitePlacement.doProcessRequest(OnsitePlacement.java:347)
at com.nihon.track.OnsitePlacement.doPost(OnsitePlacement.java:420)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:870)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:685)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
How can i solve this problem.
Thanks in advance.......

Answer 1

If the message is in an Exchange server, you can access it with JavaMail
and extract the attachment. See the JavaMail FAQ and the many sample
programs that come with JavaMail.
If the message is in Outlook's message store on your desktop machine,
it's harder. You need a JavaMail "message store provider" that understands
the message store format used by Outlook on your local disk. JavaMail
doesn't come with such a provider, but you might find one in the Third
Party Products list on the JavaMail web page.