Trying javax.mail

Question

Im trying to getsome code to work for me that sends mail via the javax.mail protocol or api sorry.....anywho i get the mail to send and everything is great will somebody tell me if javax.mail has a simple attachment feature in it i need to attach a file now that it is sending........ maybe i could send my code to send it and someone can walk me through attaching a file before sending it.....im very new at this so

Answer 1

Hi, you can try something like this:
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.activation.*;
*    @author  Christopher Cotton
public class sendfile {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
  if (args.length != 5) {
      System.out.println("usage: java sendfile <to> <from> <smtp> <file> true|false");
      System.exit(1);
  String to = args[0];
  String from = args[1];
  String host = args[2];
  String filename = args[3];
  boolean debug = Boolean.valueOf(args[4]).booleanValue();
  String msgText1 = "Sending a file.\n";
  String subject = "Sending a file";
  // create some properties and get the default Session
  Properties props = System.getProperties();
  props.put("mail.smtp.host", host);
  Session session = Session.getInstance(props, null);
  session.setDebug(debug);
  try {
      // create a message
      MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session);
      msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
      InternetAddress[] address = {new InternetAddress(to)};
      msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, address);
      msg.setSubject(subject);
      // create and fill the first message part
      MimeBodyPart mbp1 = new MimeBodyPart();
      mbp1.setText(msgText1);
      // create the second message part
      MimeBodyPart mbp2 = new MimeBodyPart();
            // attach the file to the message
        FileDataSource fds = new FileDataSource(filename);
      mbp2.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(fds));
      mbp2.setFileName(fds.getName());
      // create the Multipart and add its parts to it
      Multipart mp = new MimeMultipart();
      mp.addBodyPart(mbp1);
      mp.addBodyPart(mbp2);
      // add the Multipart to the message
      msg.setContent(mp);
      // set the Date: header
      msg.setSentDate(new Date());
      // send the message
      Transport.send(msg);
  } catch (MessagingException mex) {
      mex.printStackTrace();
      Exception ex = null;
      if ((ex = mex.getNextException()) != null) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
}