SMTP Connect error in Mail - Gmail

Hi
I have been getting the below error when i try to send an email out through the mail client. It was working just fine till this evening and now its all gone downhill...
Please help.
Regards
R

Hi
Update on the issue, tried connecting to the internet using my cellphone and mail managed to sync. Hence I am led to believe that this is an issue with my ISP. Their DNS servers have been acting up for the last few days, could that be a reason for sync to SMTP to fail?
Regards

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Hi rkohler,
Usually, we can use the Database Mail Configuration Wizard or the Database Mail stored procedures to determine the server name and port number for the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server . In the SMTP server points, we can set or increase the number
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SMTP connection error!

Hi everyone,
Need your help, when I go to tcode SCOT there is too many errors in SMTP.
In SOST when I check the errors is as below:
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I have used Oracle 9i server (9.2.0.1 version) on Windows XP machine(with SP2).I want to send Email from PL/SQL procedure.
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CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE SEND_MAIL (
                              msg_to varchar2,
                              msg_subject varchar2,
                              msg_text varchar2
                              IS
                              c utl_smtp.connection;
                              rc integer;
                              msg_from varchar2(50) := '[email protected]';
                              mailhost VARCHAR2(30) := 'mail.google.com';
                         BEGIN
                              c := utl_smtp.open_connection(mailhost, 465);
                              utl_smtp.helo(c, mailhost);
                              utl_smtp.mail(c, msg_from);
                              utl_smtp.rcpt(c, msg_to);
                              dbms_output.put_line(' Start Sending data');
                              utl_smtp.data(c,'From: Oracle Database' || utl_tcp.crlf ||
                              'To: ' || msg_to || utl_tcp.crlf ||
                              'Subject: ' || msg_subject ||
                              utl_tcp.crlf || msg_text);
                              dbms_output.put_line(' Finish Sending data');
                              utl_smtp.quit(c);
          EXCEPTION
               WHEN UTL_SMTP.INVALID_OPERATION THEN
dbms_output.put_line(' Invalid Operation in Mail attempt using UTL_SMTP.');
               WHEN UTL_SMTP.TRANSIENT_ERROR THEN
dbms_output.put_line(' Temporary e-mail issue - try again');
WHEN UTL_SMTP.PERMANENT_ERROR THEN
dbms_output.put_line(' Permanent Error Encountered.');
END;
Procedure Created.
SQL> execute prc_send_mail('[email protected]','[email protected]','Good Morning.');
BEGIN prc_send_mail('[email protected]','[email protected]','Good Morning.'); END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29278: SMTP transient error: 421 Service not available
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 17
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 96
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 374
ORA-06512: at "SCOTT.PRC_SEND_MAIL", line 19
ORA-29278: SMTP transient error: 421 Service not available
ORA-06512: at line 1.
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Hi all, i have a procedure called proc_send_mail, the procedure obviously, send a mail using utl_smpt. I use that procedure in many clients and just in one of them, i got this error (ORA-29279: SMTP permanent error: 503 Issue MAIL FROM: command before RCPT T).
Here is my code:
recStat := utl_smtp.helo(c, vServidor);
vStatus := nvl(vStatus,'') || to_char(recStat.code) ||' '|| recStat.text;
dbms_output.put_line('Status:'||vStatus);
recStat := utl_smtp.mail(c, p_address_from);
vStatus := nvl(vStatus,'') || to_char(recStat.code) ||' '|| recStat.text;
dbms_output.put_line('Status3:'||vStatus);
dbms_output.put_line('p_address_from:'||p_address_from);
dbms_output.put_line('p_address_to:'||p_address_to);
utl_smtp.rcpt(c, p_address_to);
vStatus := nvl(vStatus,'') || to_char(recStat.code) ||' '|| recStat.text;
dbms_output.put_line('Status2:'||vStatus);
-- This is the message
vMensagem := 'MIME-Version: 1.0' || chr(13) || chr(10);
vMensagem := vMensagem ||'From: '|| p_mail_from ||' <'|| p_address_from ||'>'|| chr(13) || chr(10);
vMensagem := vMensagem ||'Subject: '|| p_subject || chr(13) || chr(10);
vMensagem := vMensagem ||'To: '|| p_mail_to ||' <'|| p_address_to ||'>'|| chr(13) || chr(10);
vMensagem := vMensagem ||'Reply-To: '|| p_address_from || chr(13) || chr(10);
So, i call:
- utl_smtp.helo
- utl_smtp.mail
- utl_smtp.rcpt -----> in this i have trouble
anyone can help me? I check the mail from and mail to, and they are correct.
P.S: Sorry, my english is too bad.

Hi,
Many mail server provides like gmail use TLS/SSL for mail transmission. The error suggest your mail server is expecting a TLS/SSL connection.
The TLS/SSL connection is not part of the UTL_SMTP and UTL_MAIL API. You have to either use Wallet as described here http://oracleblues.blogspot.in/2010/09/11g-release-2-11202-new-utlsmtp.html or use a third party tunneler like stunnel as described here http://monkeyonoracle.blogspot.in/2009/11/plsql-and-gmail-or-utlsmtp-with-ssl.html
Cheers,

TCP active open: Failed connect() Error: Connection timed out SMTP

Hi,
Messaging server version is,
./imsimta version
Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)
libimta.so 6.2-6.01 (built 11:20:35, Apr 3 2006)
SunOS bglbbmr1-a-fixed 5.9 Generic_118558-28 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V440
17-Dec-2008 10:47:40.08 1730.8e.741
tcp_local Q 4 [email protected] rfc822;[email protected] [email protected] /mta/queue/queue/tcp_local/013/ZUg0i1t9I0ZG~.00 <[email protected]>; TCP active open: Failed connect() Error: Connection timed out SMTP/xyz.my-domain.in
I have been getting this above error on my mail server from last
4-5 days. I am getting complaints from end users that the users can't
send any mails using Outlook but I did check with my test user I can
send mail by using webmail.
The Failed MX lookup Errors also getting in my logs the error detail given bellow.
17-Dec-2008 10:47:39.65 1730.91.737
tcp_local - Y TCP|0.0.0.0||209.85.143.114|25 SMTP/airtelmail.in/aspmx.l.google.com
17-Dec-2008 10:47:39.92 1754.41.255
tcp_notify - Y SMTP/infomedia18.in/infomedia18.in
17-Dec-2008 10:47:39.92 1754.41.256
tcp_notify Q 7 rfc822;[email protected] [email protected] /mta/queue/queue/tcp_notify/017/ZXg0i1t3U_ZoD.00 <[email protected]>; Failed MX lookup; try again later
17-Dec-2008 10:47:39.94 1754.41.257
tcp_notify Q 6 rfc822;[email protected] [email protected] /mta/queue/queue/tcp_notify/010/ZXg0i1t3U_ZoF.00 <0KBZ003MRGU7MQ30@my-domain> Failed MX lookup; try again later
I tried stopping and starting msg service using stop-msg and start-msg to sort out this above problem but no result. :(
When I do check the tcp_local queue it has been growing every day as well the tcp_notification queue also.
/opt/SUNWmsgsr/sbin/imsimta qm su
Messages
Channel Queued Size (Kb) Oldest
tcp_notify 10741 1080610.61 16 Dec, 00:59:24
tcp_local 8334 733849.31 15 Dec, 00:19:00
tcp_lmtpcn 0 0.00
tcp_be 0 0.00
reprocess 0 0.00
process 0 0.00
conversion 0 0.00
Totals 19075 1814459.92
This queues are increasing day by day.
One more thing is that I cant see a service/channel called CONVERSION running on my server when i do use this command.
ps -aef | grep conversion
root 6144 6000 0 11:14:28 pts/1 0:00 grep conversion
When i try to start it using imsimta qm utility, output shows as
qm.maint>; start conversion
QM-I-STARTED, channel was not stopped
qm.maint>;
Later I stopped and started conversion channel
qm.maint>; stop conversion
QM-I-STOPPED, channel stopped
qm.maint>; start conversion
QM-I-STARTED, channel started
qm.maint>;
I can see that on other servers the conversion channel is running and few msges are in queue. I do have other servers which running the same messaging server. But I am not getting why don't on this server. Where both servers having the same configuration.
Please, help me to sort out this issue.
Thanks in advance....
BSK

Thanks Mr. Shane,
The server which is running conversion channel.
ps -eaf|grep conversion
mailserv 16824 8472 3 17:08:11 ? 0:48 /opt/SUNWmsgsr/lib/conversion
mailserv 28728 8472 0 17:17:30 ? 0:00 /opt/SUNWmsgsr/lib/conversion
root 1057 26387 0 17:18:12 pts/1 0:00 grep conversion
more /opt/SUNWmsgsr/config/conversions
in-channel=*; in-type=application; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
in-channel=*; in-type=x-zip-compressed; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
in-channel=*; in-type=image; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
in-channel=*; in-type=audio; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
in-channel=*; in-type=video; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
Following entry from /opt/SUNWmsgsr/lib/config-templates/imta_tailor
IMTA_CONVERSION_FILE=<msg.RootPathUNIX>/config/conversions
The server which doesnt show running conversion channel
#more /opt/SUNWmsgsr/config/conversions
!in-channel=*; in-type=*; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
! parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
! dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
! message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
! override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
! command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
in-channel=*; in-type=application; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
in-channel=*; in-type=x-zip-compressed; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
in-channel=*; in-type=image; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
in-channel=*; in-type=audio; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
in-channel=*; in-type=video; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
Following entry from /opt/SUNWmsgsr/lib/config-templates/imta_tailor
IMTA_CONVERSION_FILE=<msg.RootPathUNIX>/config/conversions
Is this above information u r asking?
As u wrote erlier, the conversion channel works some times and some times doesn't work.
Thanks lot...
BSKADAM

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I write process to send mail, it is running ok, but I have error ORA-29278: SMTP transient error: 421 Service not available.
SMTP Host Address : localhost
SMTP Host Port : 25
When I connect to database as SYS and run : exec apex_mail.push_queue result is :
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Pushed email: 1225814842675154
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Hi;
What is DB version?
Please see:
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I have installed Oracle 10g (10.2.0.1) on Windows XP (SP2) machine at my home PC.There is a broadband connection on my home PC.I have installed UTL_MAIL package and then set SMTP_OUT_PARAMETER by the following SQL Statement.
My machine IP address is 192.168.0.3
SQl> alter system set smtp_out_server = 'smtp.bsnl.in:25' scope = 25;
Then we run the following script.
BEGIN
UTL_MAIL.SEND(
SENDER => '[email protected]',
RECIPIENTS => '[email protected]',
SUBJECT => 'Testing UTL_MAIL',
MESSAGE => 'The receipt of this email means'||
'that it works for UTL_MAIL'
END;
Then following error message comes.
BEGIN
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29279: SMTP permanent error: 553 Authentication is required to send mail as
<[email protected]>
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 21
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 99
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 222
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_MAIL", line 407
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_MAIL", line 594
ORA-06512: at line 2
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Hi,
is your smtp server configured to use anonymous connection?
Attackwave
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211      System status, or system help reply
214      Help message [Information on how to use the receiver or the meaning of a particular non-standard command; this reply is useful only to the human user]
220      <domain> Service ready
221      <domain> Service closing transmission channel
250      Requested mail action okay, completed
251      User not local; will forward to <forward-path>
252      OK, pending messages for node <node> started. Cannot VRFY user (for example, info is not local), but will take message for this user and attempt delivery.
253      OK, <messages> pending messages for node <node> started
354      Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
355      Octet-offset is the transaction offset
421      <domain> Service not available, closing transmission channel (This may be a reply to any command if the service knows it must shut down.)
450      Requested mail action not taken: mailbox unavailable [for example, mailbox busy]
451      Requested action terminated: local error in processing
452      Requested action not taken: insufficient system storage
453      You have no mail.
454      TLS not available due to temporary reason. Encryption required for requested authentication mechanism.
458      Unable to queue messages for node <node>
459      Node <node> not allowed: reason
500      Syntax error, command unrecognized (This may include errors such as command line too long.)
501      Syntax error in parameters or arguments
502      Command not implemented
503      Bad sequence of commands
504      Command parameter not implemented
521      <Machine> does not accept mail.
530      Must issue a STARTTLS command first. Encryption required for requested authentication.
534      Authentication mechanism is too weak.
538      Encryption required for requested authentication mechanism.
550      Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable [for , mailbox not found, no access]
551      User not local; please try <forward-path>
552      Requested mail action terminated: exceeded storage allocation
*553      Requested action not taken: mailbox name not allowed [for example, mailbox syntax incorrect]*
554      Transaction failed

How to use the gmail account using in smtp connection in ssis?

hi
how to send the mails using send mail task to configure the smtp connection of the gmail account.
Can you give me the name of that gmail server.
TanX

you might need to use script task for that as Sent Mail doesnt have option of authenticating
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UTL_SMTP: can't connect to remote mail server (error: 421)

I'm trying to execute this command as SYS:
exec MYSCHEMA.send_mail_via_utl_smtp('[email protected]', '[email protected]', 'my subject', 'my message','mail.mydomain.com');
and I get this error:
Error starting at line 8 in command:
exec MYSCHEMA.send_mail_via_utl_smtp('[email protected]', '[email protected]', 'my subject', 'my message','mail.mydomain.com');
Error report:
ORA-29278: SMTP transient error: 421 Service not available
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 29
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 108
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 150
ORA-06512: at "MYSCHEMA.SEND_MAIL_VIA_UTL_SMTP", line 17
ORA-06512: at line 1
29278. 00000 - "SMTP transient error: %s"
*Cause:    A SMTP transient error occurred.
*Action:   Correct the error and retry the SMTP operation.
However, I can telnet successfully as root user to mail.mydomain.com. The stored procedure is:
create or replace
PROCEDURE send_mail_via_utl_smtp(
sender IN VARCHAR2,
recipient IN VARCHAR2,
subject IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
message IN VARCHAR2,
mailhost IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'mailhost'
AS
mail_conn UTL_SMTP.connection;
crlf CONSTANT VARCHAR2(2) := CHR(13) || CHR(10);
smtp_tcpip_port CONSTANT PLS_INTEGER := 25;
BEGIN
mail_conn := UTL_SMTP.OPEN_CONNECTION(mailhost, smtp_tcpip_port);
UTL_SMTP.HELO(mail_conn, mailhost);
UTL_SMTP.MAIL(mail_conn, sender);
UTL_SMTP.RCPT(mail_conn, recipient);
UTL_SMTP.DATA(mail_conn, SUBSTR(
'Date: ' || TO_CHAR(SYSTIMESTAMP, 'Dy, dd Mon YYYY HH24:MI:SS TZHTZM') || crlf
|| 'From: ' || sender || crlf
|| 'Subject: ' || subject || crlf
|| 'To: ' || recipient || crlf
|| message,
1, 32767));
UTL_SMTP.QUIT(mail_conn);
END send_mail_via_utl_smtp;
Note that mail.mydomain.com is sitting on the application server, and not the database server (not sure if that is important here). Previously, I set things up doing the following as SYS user:
# cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin
# sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL> @utlmail.sql;
Package created.
Synonym created.
SQL> @prvtmail.plb;
Package created.
Package body created.
Grant succeeded.
Package body created.
No errors.
SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET smtp_out_server = "mail.mydomain.com" SCOPE=MEMORY;
System altered.
SQL> show parameter smtp_out_server
NAME TYPE VALUE
============
smtp_out_server string mail.mydomain.com
SQL> exec DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.CREATE_ACL('my_acl_email.xml','for my db acl to send email', 'MYSCHEMA', TRUE, 'connect');
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> exec DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ASSIGN_ACL('my_acl_email.xml','mail.mydomain.com', 25, NULL);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
It appears that the SYS user is permitted by the ACL, but is somehow blocked access to mail.mydomain.com on the application server. Are there any Linux configurations that need to occur in implementing this process? Or, am I missing something in configuring Oracle. I'm using 11.2.0.1.0. This is my first time setting this up. Does the database need to be cycled down then back up for any of these settings to take place?
Edited by: tem on Apr 20, 2012 2:45 PM

Thanks Justin, that helps a lot. Now, with the 'AUTH LOGIN' command, I'm getting the error:
ORA-29279: SMTP permanent error: 503 AUTH command used when not advertised
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 29
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 110
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 170
ORA-06512: at "JCLOCKGEN.SEND_MAIL_VIA_UTL_SMTP", line 22
ORA-06512: at line 1
29279. 00000 - "SMTP permanent error: %s"
*Cause:    A SMTP permanent error occurred.
*Action:   Correct the error and retry the SMTP operation.
UPDATE:
Actually, my procedure above uses this line:
UTL_SMTP.HELO(mail_conn, mailhost);
But I noticed Justin's code above uses:
UTL_SMTP.EHLO(mail_conn, mailhost);
When I change the HELO to EHLO, everything works fine. Here's the final code:
create or replace
PROCEDURE send_mail_via_utl_smtp(
sender IN VARCHAR2,
recipient IN VARCHAR2,
subject IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
message IN VARCHAR2,
mailhost IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'mailhost',
auth_username IN VARCHAR2,
auth_password IN VARCHAR2
AS
mail_conn UTL_SMTP.connection;
crlf CONSTANT VARCHAR2(2) := CHR(13) || CHR(10);
smtp_tcpip_port CONSTANT PLS_INTEGER := 25;
BEGIN
mail_conn := UTL_SMTP.OPEN_CONNECTION(mailhost, smtp_tcpip_port);
UTL_SMTP.EHLO(mail_conn, mailhost);
--------------BEGIN AUTHENTICATION--------------
UTL_SMTP.command(mail_conn, 'AUTH LOGIN');
utl_smtp.command(mail_conn, utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(utl_encode.base64_encode( utl_raw.cast_to_raw(auth_username))));
utl_smtp.command(mail_conn, utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(utl_encode.base64_encode( utl_raw.cast_to_raw(auth_password))));
--------------END AUTHENTICATION--------------
UTL_SMTP.MAIL(mail_conn, sender);
UTL_SMTP.RCPT(mail_conn, recipient);
UTL_SMTP.DATA(mail_conn, SUBSTR(
'Date: ' || TO_CHAR(SYSTIMESTAMP, 'Dy, dd Mon YYYY HH24:MI:SS TZHTZM') || crlf
|| 'From: ' || sender || crlf
|| 'Subject: ' || subject || crlf
|| 'To: ' || recipient || crlf
|| message,
1, 32767));
UTL_SMTP.QUIT(mail_conn);
END send_mail_via_utl_smtp;
Edited by: tem on Apr 20, 2012 5:55 PM

Complete working code for Gmail POP3 & SMTP with SSL - Java mail API

Finally, your code-hunt has come to an end!!!!
I am presenting you the complete solution (with code) to send and retrieve you mails to & from GMAIL using SMTP and POP3 with SSL & Authenticaion enabled. [Even starters & newbies like me, can easy try, test & understand - But first download & add JAR's of Java Mail API & Java Activation Framework to Netbeans Library Manager]
Download Java Mail API here
http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/
Read Java Mail FAQ's here
http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/FAQ.html
Download Java Activation Framework [JAF]
http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/jaf/downloads/index.html
Also, The POP program retrieves the mail sent with SMTP program :) [MOST IMPORTANT & LARGELY IN DEMAND]okey.. first things first... all of your thanks goes to the following and not a s@!te to me :)
hail Java !!
hail Java mail API !!
hail Java forums !!
hail Java-tips.org !!
hail Netbeans !!
Thanks to all coders who helped me by getting the code to work in one piece.
special thanks to "bshannon" - The dude who runs this forum from 97!!I am just as happy as you will be when you execute the below code!! [my 13 hours of tweaking & code hunting has paid off!!]
Now here it is...I only present you the complete solution!!
START OF PROGRAM 1
SENDING A MAIL FROM GMAIL ACCOUNT USING SMTP [STARTTLS (SSL)] PROTOCOL OF JAVA MAIL APINote on Program 1:
1. In the code below replace USERNAME & PASSWORD with your respective GMAIL account username and its corresponding password!
2. Use the code to make your Gmail client [jsp/servlets whatever]
//Mail.java - smtp sending starttls (ssl) authentication enabled
//1.Open a new Java class in netbeans (default package of the project) and name it as "Mail.java"
//2.Copy paste the entire code below and save it.
//3.Right click on the file name in the left side panel and click "compile" then click "Run"
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Main
    String d_email = "[email protected]",
            d_password = "PASSWORD",
            d_host = "smtp.gmail.com",
            d_port = "465",
            m_to = "[email protected]",
            m_subject = "Testing",
            m_text = "Hey, this is the testing email.";
    public Main()
        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.put("mail.smtp.user", d_email);
        props.put("mail.smtp.host", d_host);
        props.put("mail.smtp.port", d_port);
        props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable","true");
        props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
        //props.put("mail.smtp.debug", "true");
        props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", d_port);
        props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
        props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
        SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
        try
            Authenticator auth = new SMTPAuthenticator();
            Session session = Session.getInstance(props, auth);
            //session.setDebug(true);
            MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session);
            msg.setText(m_text);
            msg.setSubject(m_subject);
            msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(d_email));
            msg.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(m_to));
            Transport.send(msg);
        catch (Exception mex)
            mex.printStackTrace();
    public static void main(String[] args)
        Main blah = new Main();
    private class SMTPAuthenticator extends javax.mail.Authenticator
        public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication()
            return new PasswordAuthentication(d_email, d_password);
END OF PROGRAM 1-----
START OF PROGRAM 2
RETRIVE ALL THE MAILS FROM GMAIL INBOX USING Post Office Protocol POP3 [SSL] PROTOCOL OF JAVA MAIL APINote:
1.Log into your gmail account via webmail [http://mail.google.com/]
2.Click on "settings" and select "Mail Forwarding & POP3/IMAP"
3.Select "enable POP for all mail" and "save changes"
4.In the code below replace USERNAME & PASSWORD with your respective GMAIL account username and its corresponding password!
PROGRAM 2 - PART 1 - Main.java
//1.Open a new Java class file in the default package
//2.Copy paste the below code and rename it to Mail.java
//3.Compile and execute this code.
public class Main {
    /** Creates a new instance of Main */
    public Main() {
     * @param args the command line arguments
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            GmailUtilities gmail = new GmailUtilities();
            gmail.setUserPass("[email protected]", "PASSWORD");
            gmail.connect();
            gmail.openFolder("INBOX");
            int totalMessages = gmail.getMessageCount();
            int newMessages = gmail.getNewMessageCount();
            System.out.println("Total messages = " + totalMessages);
            System.out.println("New messages = " + newMessages);
            System.out.println("-------------------------------");
//Uncomment the below line to print the body of the message. Remember it will eat-up your bandwidth if you have 100's of messages.            //gmail.printAllMessageEnvelopes();
            gmail.printAllMessages();
        } catch(Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(-1);
END OF PART 1
PROGRAM 2 - PART 2 - GmailUtilities.java
//1.Open a new Java class in the project (default package)
//2.Copy paste the below code
//3.Compile - Don't execute this[Run]
import com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3SSLStore;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.Address;
import javax.mail.FetchProfile;
import javax.mail.Flags;
import javax.mail.Folder;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Multipart;
import javax.mail.Part;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Store;
import javax.mail.URLName;
import javax.mail.internet.ContentType;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
import javax.mail.internet.ParseException;
public class GmailUtilities {
    private Session session = null;
    private Store store = null;
    private String username, password;
    private Folder folder;
    public GmailUtilities() {
    public void setUserPass(String username, String password) {
        this.username = username;
        this.password = password;
    public void connect() throws Exception {
        String SSL_FACTORY = "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory";
        Properties pop3Props = new Properties();
        pop3Props.setProperty("mail.pop3.socketFactory.class", SSL_FACTORY);
        pop3Props.setProperty("mail.pop3.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
        pop3Props.setProperty("mail.pop3.port", "995");
        pop3Props.setProperty("mail.pop3.socketFactory.port", "995");
        URLName url = new URLName("pop3", "pop.gmail.com", 995, "",
                username, password);
        session = Session.getInstance(pop3Props, null);
        store = new POP3SSLStore(session, url);
        store.connect();
    public void openFolder(String folderName) throws Exception {
        // Open the Folder
        folder = store.getDefaultFolder();
        folder = folder.getFolder(folderName);
        if (folder == null) {
            throw new Exception("Invalid folder");
        // try to open read/write and if that fails try read-only
        try {
            folder.open(Folder.READ_WRITE);
        } catch (MessagingException ex) {
            folder.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
    public void closeFolder() throws Exception {
        folder.close(false);
    public int getMessageCount() throws Exception {
        return folder.getMessageCount();
    public int getNewMessageCount() throws Exception {
        return folder.getNewMessageCount();
    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.

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