Trying to import javax.mail.*

hi,
I need to make a sort of webmail program for school, i understand most of the things I've read so far about it but when i actually try to program and import javax.mail.* and javax.mail.internet.* Together (the compiler we have to use) doesn't recognise these import
any help would be appreciated because i'm dying to get started :)

Hi,
You need to have java mail jar files in your classpath.
They are available for download at http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/downloads/index.html
-Amol

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Good Morning
I know that there are several posts regarding issues with javamail. I have viewed them for the past hour. While several of them address my issue I have been unable to locate a solution.
Bare with me please, I am making this post very thorough. The other threads I have read are frusterating because the problems people tend to post are not clear.
I am trying to run "msgsend" which is a provided demo of javamail-1.4 using command prompt (start - run - cmd) with the javac command.
The output below is directly pasted from command prompt and written in bold.
C:\download\javamail-1.4\demo>javac msgsend.java
C:\download\javamail-1.4\demo>javac msgsend.java
msgsend.java:44: package javax.mail does not exist
import javax.mail.*;
^
msgsend.java:45: package javax.mail.internet does not exist
import javax.mail.internet.*;
^
msgsend.java:140: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Session
location: class msgsend
Session session = Session.getInstance(props, null);
^
msgsend.java:140: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable Session
location: class msgsend
Session session = Session.getInstance(props, null);
^
msgsend.java:145: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Message
location: class msgsend
Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
^
msgsend.java:145: cannot find symbol
symbol : class MimeMessage
location: class msgsend
Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
^
msgsend.java:147: cannot find symbol
symbol : class InternetAddress
location: class msgsend
msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
^
msgsend.java:151: package Message does not exist
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^
msgsend.java:152: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable InternetAddress
location: class msgsend
InternetAddress.parse(to,
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^
msgsend.java:155: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable InternetAddress
location: class msgsend
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^
msgsend.java:157: package Message does not exist
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^
msgsend.java:158: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable InternetAddress
location: class msgsend
InternetAddress.parse(bcc,
^
msgsend.java:167: cannot find symbol
symbol : class MimeBodyPart
location: class msgsend
MimeBodyPart mbp1 = new MimeBodyPart();
^
msgsend.java:167: cannot find symbol
symbol : class MimeBodyPart
location: class msgsend
MimeBodyPart mbp1 = new MimeBodyPart();
^
msgsend.java:169: cannot find symbol
symbol : class MimeBodyPart
location: class msgsend
MimeBodyPart mbp2 = new MimeBodyPart();
^
msgsend.java:169: cannot find symbol
symbol : class MimeBodyPart
location: class msgsend
MimeBodyPart mbp2 = new MimeBodyPart();
^
msgsend.java:171: cannot find symbol
symbol : class MimeMultipart
location: class msgsend
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^
msgsend.java:171: cannot find symbol
symbol : class MimeMultipart
location: class msgsend
MimeMultipart mp = new MimeMultipart();
^
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location: class msgsend
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^
msgsend.java:193: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Store
location: class msgsend
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^
msgsend.java:195: cannot find symbol
symbol : class URLName
location: class msgsend
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^
msgsend.java:195: cannot find symbol
symbol : class URLName
location: class msgsend
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^
msgsend.java:212: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Folder
location: class msgsend
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^
msgsend.java:218: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable Folder
location: class msgsend
folder.create(Folder.HOLDS_MESSAGES);
^
msgsend.java:220: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Message
location: class msgsend
Message[] msgs = new Message[1];
^
msgsend.java:220: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Message
location: class msgsend
Message[] msgs = new Message[1];
27 errors
Here are the methods I have tried...
1. Make sure you have most current version of Java
2. Reinstall Java
3. Attempt to compile in an IDE (Attempted in Eclipse 3.2)
4. Set class path
Some sources suggest "CLASSPATH" some suggest "CLASS PATH" as the variable name. I have tried both.
Below is what the classpath looks like in bold.
Variable Name: CLASS PATH
Variable value: c:\download\javamail-1.4\mail.jar;C:\download\jaf-1.1\activation.jar;.
I have double checked all folder names and copy pasted all entries to eliminate typos. Javamail-1.4 and jaf-1.1 are both located in c:\download which is the same location Class Path points to.
Thank you very much for your input and effort. I can imagine how frusterating it is responding to 20million javamail posts :) (that may be a bit of an overstatement!)
Thank you again!
Irbi
Message was edited by:
irbi
Message was edited by:
irbi

Yes - I have read that part of the README and did exactly as it has said in a previous attempt. I should have mentioned that here I'm sorry :)
I moved the .jar files into the download folder and set the classpath exactly as the readme shows.
When I do that the msgsend.java compiles correctly but it still does not run.
Below is what happens.
C:\download\javamail-1.4\demo>set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;c:\download\javamail-1.4
\mail.jar;%CLASSPATH%;c:\download\jaf-1.1\activation.jar.
C:\download\javamail-1.4\demo>javac msgsend.java
C:\download\javamail-1.4\demo>java msgsend.java
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: msgsend/java
C:\download\javamail-1.4\demo>
I have tried fixing this error as well via forums and FAQs but it seems to be the most generic error.
One suggestion was to clear your classpath. I tried this with a test hello world program which was giving the same error - "NoClassDefFoundError". By clearing the classpath I was able to get the hello world program to run without this error. But I can't just clear the classpath in this instance because it needs to point to mail.jar and activation.jar for the program to compile.
Thanks again for all of your efforts. You are more appreciated than you know.

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2 dbms_java.grant_permission(
3 grantee => 'ESIMSCO_UTIL_OWNER',
4 permission_type => 'SYS:java.net.SocketPermission',
5 permission_name => '*',
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2 dbms_java.grant_permission(
3 grantee => 'ESIMSCO_UTIL_OWNER',
4 permission_type => 'SYS:java.util.PropertyPermission',
5 permission_name => '*',
6 permission_action => 'read,write'
7 );
8 end;
9 /
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at_mimetype varchar2(500),
at_attachment blob
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em_incident integer,
em_from varchar2(1000),
em_subject varchar2(1000),
em_body nclob
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create or replace and compile java source named receivemail as
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
import sqlj.runtime.*;
import oracle.sql.BLOB;
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// -- with an emptly BLOB first.
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throws MessagingException, IOException
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int numBodyParts = mmp.getCount();
System.out.println("MULTIBODYPART: "+numBodyParts);
for (int j = 0; j < numBodyParts; ++j) {
System.out.println("BODYPART: "+mmp.getBodyPart(j).getContentType());
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return (String) mmp.getBodyPart(j).getContent();
return "";
} else {
System.out.println("UNKNOWN: "+message.getContentType());
return "";
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throws MessagingException, IOException, SQLException
//String body = "";
int incidentNo;
// -- Get a new incident number
#sql { select seq_incident.nextval into :incidentNo from dual };
// -- Get the header information
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System.out.println("FROM: "+ from);
String subject = message.getSubject();
System.out.println("SUBJECT: "+subject);
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String body = getPlainTextBody(message);
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values (:incidentNo, :from, :subject, :body) };
// -- Retrieve the attachments
getAttachments(message, incidentNo);
#sql { commit };
// -- Mark message for deletion
// message.setFlag(Flags.Flag.DELETED, true);
public static String Receive(String POP3Server, String usr, String pwd)
Store store = null;
Folder folder = null;
try
// -- Get hold of the default session --
Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.put("mail.pop3.connectiontimeout", "60000");
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
// -- Get hold of a POP3 message store, and connect to it --
store = session.getStore("pop3");
store.connect(POP3Server,995, usr, pwd);
System.out.println("Connected");
// -- Try to get hold of the default folder --
folder = store.getDefaultFolder();
if (folder == null) throw new Exception("No default folder");
// -- ...and its INBOX --
folder = folder.getFolder("INBOX");
if (folder == null) throw new Exception("No POP3 INBOX");
// -- Open the folder for read_write (to be able to delete message) --
folder.open(Folder.READ_WRITE);
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Message[] msgs = folder.getMessages();
for (int msgNum = 0; msgNum < msgs.length; msgNum++){
saveMessage(msgs[msgNum]);
System.out.println("No more messages");
return ("SUCCESS");
catch (Exception ex){
ex.printStackTrace();
return ex.toString();
finally{
// -- Close down nicely --
try{
// close(true), to expunge deleted messages
if (folder!=null) folder.close(true);
if (store!=null) store.close();
catch (Exception ex){
//ex.printStackTrace();
return ex.toString();
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create or replace function receivemail(pop3_server in string,
pop3_usr in string,
pop3_pwd in string)
return varchar2
is language java name
'ReceiveMail.Receive(java.lang.String,
java.lang.String,
java.lang.String) return String';
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SQL> set serveroutput on
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SQL> Declare
2 v_error_msg varchar2(10000);
3 Begin
4 v_error_msg:=receivemail('pop3.live.com', '<Hotmail email address>@hotmail.com', 'Hotmail password');
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javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: EOF on socket
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
I am requesting, please help me to solve this problem.
I will be very thankful for your kind help and support.
Amol......
Edited by: Amol Karyakarte on 31-May-2012 7:27 AM

Hello,
I don't think this is the right forum, as this question seems to have nothing to do with the Oracle Forms tool.
You'd better ask it in the database forum.
Francois

Help to solve javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: EOF on socket

I am trying to get hotmail emails and store in Oracle 10g database.
When I am executing receivemail procedure from Oracle 10g database. I am getting following error.
connect to ESIMSCO_UTIL_OWNER
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL>
SQL> Declare
2 v_error_msg varchar2(10000);
3 Begin
4 v_error_msg:=receivemail('pop3.live.com', '<My email address>@hotmail.com', '<My email password>');
5 dbms_output.put_line(v_error_msg);
6 End;
7 /
javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: EOF on socket
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
I did following steps, but still I am getting this error. Can somebady help me to solve this problem.
connect sys/<password>@esimsco as sysdba
connect to sys
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Wed May 30 16:02:04 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> begin
1 dbms_java.grant_permission( 'ESIMSCO_UTIL_OWNER', 'SYS:java.util.PropertyPermission', '*', 'read,write' );
2 commit;
3 end;
4 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> begin
2 dbms_java.grant_permission(
3 grantee => 'ESIMSCO_UTIL_OWNER',
4 permission_type => 'SYS:java.net.SocketPermission',
5 permission_name => '*',
6 permission_action => 'connect,resolve'
7 );
8 end;
9 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> begin
2 dbms_java.grant_permission(
3 grantee => 'ESIMSCO_UTIL_OWNER',
4 permission_type => 'SYS:java.util.PropertyPermission',
5 permission_name => '*',
6 permission_action => 'read,write'
7 );
8 end;
9 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL>
Then I connect ESIMSCO_UTIL_OWNER.
connect to ESIMSCO_UTIL_OWNER
Create 2 tables.
create table attachment(
at_file varchar2(500),
at_mimetype varchar2(500),
at_attachment blob
create table email (
em_incident integer,
em_from varchar2(1000),
em_subject varchar2(1000),
em_body nclob
Then Create java source named receivemail.
create or replace and compile java source named receivemail as
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
import sqlj.runtime.*;
import oracle.sql.BLOB;
public class ReceiveMail
static void getAttachments(Message message, int incidentNo)
throws MessagingException, IOException, SQLException {
//String attachments = "";
Object content = message.getContent();
if (content instanceof Multipart)
// -- Multi part message which may contain attachment
Multipart multipart = (Multipart)message.getContent();
// -- Loop through all parts of the message
for (int i=0, n=multipart.getCount(); i<n; i++) {
Part part = multipart.getBodyPart(i);
String disposition = part.getDisposition();
if ((disposition != null) &&(disposition.equals(Part.ATTACHMENT) || disposition.equals(Part.INLINE))) {
//-- This part is a file attachment
String fileName = incidentNo+"_"+part.getFileName().replace(' ','_');
System.out.println("FILE: " + fileName);
String contentType = part.getContentType();
String mimeType = contentType.substring(0,contentType.indexOf(";"));
System.out.println("FILETYPE: " + mimeType);
InputStream is = part.getInputStream();
// -- To work with a BLOB column you have to insert a record
// -- with an emptly BLOB first.
#sql { insert into attachment(at_file, at_mimetype, at_attachment)
values (:fileName, :mimeType, empty_blob()) };
// -- Retrieve the BLOB
BLOB attachment = null;
#sql { select at_attachment into :attachment
from attachment where at_file = :fileName };
// -- Fill the BLOB
OutputStream os = attachment.getBinaryOutputStream();
int j;
while ((j = is.read()) != -1) {
os.write(j);
is.close();
os.close();
// -- Set the BLOB by updating the record
#sql { update attachment set at_attachment = :attachment
where at_file = :fileName };
static String getPlainTextBody(Message message)
throws MessagingException, IOException
Object content = message.getContent();
if (message.isMimeType("text/plain")) {
// -- Message has plain text body only
System.out.println("SIMPLE TEXT");
return (String) content;
} else if (message.isMimeType("multipart/*")) {
// -- Message is multipart. Loop through the message parts to retrieve
// -- the body.
Multipart mp = (Multipart) message.getContent();
int numParts = mp.getCount();
System.out.println("MULTIPART: "+numParts);
for (int i = 0; i < numParts; ++i) {
System.out.println("PART: "+mp.getBodyPart(i).getContentType());
if (mp.getBodyPart(i).isMimeType("text/plain")) {
// -- Return the plain text body
return (String) mp.getBodyPart(i).getContent();
} else if (mp.getBodyPart(i).isMimeType("multipart/*")) {
// -- Body is also multipart (both plain text and html).
// -- Loop through the body parts to retrieve plain text part.
MimeMultipart mmp = (MimeMultipart) mp.getBodyPart(i).getContent();
int numBodyParts = mmp.getCount();
System.out.println("MULTIBODYPART: "+numBodyParts);
for (int j = 0; j < numBodyParts; ++j) {
System.out.println("BODYPART: "+mmp.getBodyPart(j).getContentType());
if (mmp.getBodyPart(j).isMimeType("text/plain")) {
// -- Return the plain text body
return (String) mmp.getBodyPart(j).getContent();
return "";
} else {
System.out.println("UNKNOWN: "+message.getContentType());
return "";
static void saveMessage(Message message)
throws MessagingException, IOException, SQLException
//String body = "";
int incidentNo;
// -- Get a new incident number
#sql { select seq_incident.nextval into :incidentNo from dual };
// -- Get the header information
String from = ((InternetAddress)message.getFrom()[0]).getAddress();
System.out.println("FROM: "+ from);
String subject = message.getSubject();
System.out.println("SUBJECT: "+subject);
// -- Retrieve the plain text body
String body = getPlainTextBody(message);
// -- Store the message in the email table
#sql { insert into email (em_incident, em_from, em_subject, em_body)
values (:incidentNo, :from, :subject, :body) };
// -- Retrieve the attachments
getAttachments(message, incidentNo);
#sql { commit };
// -- Mark message for deletion
// message.setFlag(Flags.Flag.DELETED, true);
public static String Receive(String POP3Server, String usr, String pwd)
Store store = null;
Folder folder = null;
try
// -- Get hold of the default session --
Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.put("mail.pop3.connectiontimeout", "60000");
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
// -- Get hold of a POP3 message store, and connect to it --
store = session.getStore("pop3");
store.connect(POP3Server,995, usr, pwd);
System.out.println("Connected");
// -- Try to get hold of the default folder --
folder = store.getDefaultFolder();
if (folder == null) throw new Exception("No default folder");
// -- ...and its INBOX --
folder = folder.getFolder("INBOX");
if (folder == null) throw new Exception("No POP3 INBOX");
// -- Open the folder for read_write (to be able to delete message) --
folder.open(Folder.READ_WRITE);
// -- Get the message wrappers and process them --
Message[] msgs = folder.getMessages();
for (int msgNum = 0; msgNum < msgs.length; msgNum++){
saveMessage(msgs[msgNum]);
System.out.println("No more messages");
return ("SUCCESS");
catch (Exception ex){
ex.printStackTrace();
return ex.toString();
finally{
// -- Close down nicely --
try{
// close(true), to expunge deleted messages
if (folder!=null) folder.close(true);
if (store!=null) store.close();
catch (Exception ex){
//ex.printStackTrace();
return ex.toString();
Then create function receivemail.
create or replace function receivemail(pop3_server in string,
pop3_usr in string,
pop3_pwd in string)
return varchar2
is language java name
'ReceiveMail.Receive(java.lang.String,
java.lang.String,
java.lang.String) return String';
And then trying to execute function receivemail, but I am getting following error.
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL>
SQL> Declare
2 v_error_msg varchar2(10000);
3 Begin
4 v_error_msg:=receivemail('pop3.live.com', '<Hotmail email address>@hotmail.com', 'Hotmail password');
5 dbms_output.put_line(v_error_msg);
6 End;
7 /
javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: EOF on socket
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
I am requesting, please help me to solve this problem.
I will be very thankful for your kind help and support.
Amol......

Amol Karyakarte wrote:
I am requesting, please help me to solve this problem.
I will be very thankful for your kind help and support.
Amol......since you asked for it:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException
First hit
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);Is null correct?
Regards

Reading Inbox - javax.mail.MessagingException: Connect failed;

I get an error message while trying to read emails by connecting to a company mailbox. The message is as follows:
javax.mail.MessagingException: Connect failed;
nested exception is:
     java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: no further information
     boolean com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3Store.protocolConnect(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
     void javax.mail.Service.connect(java.lang.String, int, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
     void javax.mail.Service.connect(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
     void GetMessageExample.main(java.lang.String[])
The code is very simple and as follows:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.activation.*;
public class GetMessageExample {
public static void main (String args[]) throws Exception {
String host = "companyname.com";
String username = "user";
String password = "xxxx";
try{
// Create empty properties
Properties props = new Properties();
// Get session
Session session = Session.getInstance(props, null);
// Get the store
Store store = session.getStore("pop3");
store.connect(host, username, password);
// Get folder
Folder folder = store.getFolder("INBOX");
folder.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader (
new InputStreamReader(System.in));
// Get directory
Message message[] = folder.getMessages();
for (int i=0, n=message.length; i<n; i++) {
System.out.println(i + ": " + message.getFrom()[0]
+ "\t" + message[i].getSubject());
// Close connection
folder.close(false);
store.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
I have a two part question:
1. At home I am using a dial-up connection it works when I change the settings to an email account as provided by the local ISP.
I have tried it with both "pop3" and "imap" in
Store store = session.getStore("pop3");
for the company email but it does not work.
Is this a problem with company security? Maybe firewall/proxy error? If so how do I get around it?
2. Also, when I am in the office (LAN used to connect to Internet) I cannot even get a connection to the ISP account - similar problem or different?
Any thoughts and help most appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Mark

It could be that the mail server is not accepting connections from the machine you are on. Have you tried using Outlook Express or the Netscape email client to connect to the server/account from the machine that is getting the failure?

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