Sending a message to fax using JavaMail

Question

Hello all,
we are trying to create a system to send messages. The input will come from an Oracle 9i (9.0.2) database, our goal is to create email messages which can either be delivered to an email address or to a fax number.
The systems works if all addresses are regular email adresses, but we get the following message when using a fax number :javax.mail.internet.AddressException: Illegal route-addr in string ``fax:[email protected]''
I have already change the parse-method to parseHeader with the parseOption false, so that the addresses are not controlled against the standard. I expect the ':' (colon) in fax:[phone] is the cause of our problem, replacing it with a random character returns a 'normal' error message for a non-existing address.
I have included the log message with the exception, the sourcecode of our SendMailTest and the source of SendMail.
Is there any work around to this colon, so we can send faxes as well as emails.
Kind regards,
Nemata
log message----------------------------------------------------
C:\ProgramFiles\jdevstudio1013\jdk\bin\javaw.exe -ojvm -classpath C:\ProgramFiles\jdevstudio1013\jdev\mywork\ocbs\Client\classes;C:\ProgramFiles\jdevstudio1013\j2ee\home\lib;C:\ProgramFiles\jdevstudio1013\j2ee\home\lib\mail.jar;C:\ProgramFiles\jdevstudio1013\j2ee\home\lib\activation.jar com.vdscomputing.carpinvest.ocbs.db.io.SendMailTest
Constructor entered
return from constructor
com.vdscomputing.carpinvest.ocbs.db.io.SendMail@a Hello
javax.mail.internet.AddressException: Illegal route-addr in string ``fax:[email protected]''
message sent
Process exited with exit code 0.
source SendMailTest-------------------------------------
package com.vdscomputing.carpinvest.ocbs.db.io;
//class designed to test SendMail
public class SendMailTest {
public static void main( String args[]) {
String SMTPserver = "192.168.1.23";
String SMTPport = "25";
String Sender = "[email protected]";
String Recipient ="fax:[email protected]";
String CcRecipient = "[email protected]";
String BccRecipient = "";
String Subject = "faxinationTest";
String Body = "test mail 12 from test class";
String[] ErrorMessage = new String[1];
String Attachments ="";
// create mesage and monitor constructor
SendMail testMessage = new SendMail();
System.out.println("return from constructor");
System.out.println(testMessage + " Hello");
testMessage.Send(SMTPserver, SMTPport, Sender, Recipient, CcRecipient,
BccRecipient, Subject, Body, ErrorMessage, Attachments);
System.out.println("message sent");
Source SendMail---------------------------------------
package com.vdscomputing.carpinvest.ocbs.db.io;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.activation.*;
public class SendMail {
//default constructor with monitor message
public SendMail(){
System.out.println("Constructor entered");
// preparing the message and sending it
public static int Send(String SMTPServer,
String SMTPPort,
String Sender,
String Recipient,
String CcRecipient,
String BccRecipient,
String Subject,
String Body,
String ErrorMessage[],
String Attachments) {
// Error status;
int ErrorStatus = 0;
     // create some properties and get the default Session;
     Properties props = System.getProperties();
     props.put("mail.smtp.host", SMTPServer);
     props.put("mail.smtp.port", SMTPPort);
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
try {
     boolean ParseOption = false; //do not enforce RFC822
// create a message;
MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session);
// extracts the senders and adds them to the message;
InternetAddress[] TheAddresses =
InternetAddress.parseHeader(Sender, ParseOption);
msg.addFrom(TheAddresses);
     // extract the recipients and assign them to the message;
InternetAddress[] TheAddresses =
InternetAddress.parseHeader(Recipient, ParseOption);
msg.addRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
TheAddresses);
     // extract the Cc-recipients and assign them to the message;
if (null != CcRecipient) {
InternetAddress[] TheAddresses =
InternetAddress.parseHeader(CcRecipient, ParseOption);
msg.addRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC,
TheAddresses);
     // extract the Bcc-recipients and assign them to the message;
if (null != BccRecipient) {
InternetAddress[] TheAddresses =
InternetAddress.parseHeader(BccRecipient, ParseOption);
msg.addRecipients(Message.RecipientType.BCC,
TheAddresses);
// subject field;
msg.setSubject(Subject);
// create the Multipart to be added the parts to;
Multipart mp = new MimeMultipart();
// create and fill the first message part;
MimeBodyPart mbp = new MimeBodyPart();
mbp.setText(Body);
// attach the part to the multipart;
mp.addBodyPart(mbp);
// attach the files to the message;
if (null != Attachments) {
int StartIndex = 0, PosIndex = 0;
while (-1 != (PosIndex = Attachments.indexOf("///",
StartIndex))) {
// create and fill other message parts;
MimeBodyPart mbp = new MimeBodyPart();
FileDataSource fds =
new FileDataSource(Attachments.substring(StartIndex,
PosIndex));
mbp.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(fds));
mbp.setFileName(fds.getName());
mp.addBodyPart(mbp);
PosIndex += 3;
StartIndex = PosIndex;
// last, or only, attachment file;
if (StartIndex < Attachments.length()) {
MimeBodyPart mbp = new MimeBodyPart();
FileDataSource fds =
new FileDataSource(Attachments.substring(StartIndex));
mbp.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(fds));
mbp.setFileName(fds.getName());
mp.addBodyPart(mbp);
// add the Multipart to the message;
msg.setContent(mp);
// set the Date: header;
msg.setSentDate(new Date());
// send the message with monitor message
Transport.send(msg);
System.out.println("message on transport");
} catch (MessagingException MsgException) {
ErrorMessage[0] = MsgException.toString();
System.out.println(ErrorMessage[0]); // catch to console
Exception TheException = null;
if ((TheException = MsgException.getNextException()) !=
null)
ErrorMessage[0] = ErrorMessage[0] + "\n" +
TheException.toString();
ErrorStatus = 1;
return ErrorStatus;
}

Answer 1

Hi,
I want to fax using java. presently I m using mail api to email & its working. Now I have to fax the attached pdf file with out using any third party or commercial software.
Any idea or suggestion would be very help full
regards
Prakash Sen