Email missing image attachment

Question

I am trying to send an email with an image attachment from Java. I am using the following piece of code:

String to = "jverstry@gmail.com";
String from = "ffff@ooop.com";

// Which server is sending the email?
String host = "localhost";

// Setting sending mail server
Properties properties = System.getProperties();
properties.setProperty("mail.smtp.host", host);

// Providing email and password access to mail server
properties.setProperty("mail.user", "xxx");
properties.setProperty("mail.password", "yyy");

// Retrieving the mail session
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(properties);

// Create a default MimeMessage
MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session);

message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
message.addRecipient(
    Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to));

message.setSubject("This an email test !!!");

// Create a multipart message
Multipart mp = new MimeMultipart();

// Body text
BodyPart messageBP = new MimeBodyPart();
messageBP.setText("Some message body !!!");
mp.addBodyPart(messageBP);

// Attachment
BodyPart messageBP2 = new MimeBodyPart();

String image = "/MyImage.jpg";
InputStream stream = EmailWithAttachment.class
    .getResourceAsStream(image);
DataSource source = new ByteArrayDataSource(stream, "image/*");

messageBP2.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
messageBP2.setHeader("Content-ID", "My Image");
mp.addBodyPart(messageBP2);

message.setContent(mp);

// Sending the message
Transport.send(message);

The email arrives in my mailbox, but when I open it, the attachment is not available. What could cause this issue? I have checked the .jar and it contains the image.

Any chance the image is being stripped out by a helpful filter in your mail infrastructure? Have you successfully sent the same file using a proper email client? — codebox, Sep 26 '12 at 14:12
I just tried and yes, I get the image when I send it with a different email account using Thunderbird. — Jérôme Verstrynge, Sep 26 '12 at 14:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '12 at 14:26

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Ok, I got it. I should not pass the input stream, but a byte array and set a more precise MIME type. I modified my code as following and it works:

DataSource source = new ByteArrayDataSource(
    IOUtils.toByteArray(is), "image/jpeg");

answered Sep 26 '12 at 14:26

Jérôme Verstrynge

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '12 at 14:13

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     // Part two is attachment
     messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
     String filename = "file.txt";
     DataSource source = new FileDataSource(filename);
     messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
     messageBodyPart.setFileName(filename);
     multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);

source: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/java_sending_email.htm

answered Sep 26 '12 at 14:13

dngfng

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Ok, but I want to send an image that is a resource in my Maven project, not a file on a local drive. – Jérôme Verstrynge Sep 26 '12 at 14:18
You will need to create DataSource - it is described in this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2830561/how-to-convert-an-inputstream-to-a-datahandler – dngfng Sep 26 '12 at 14:24
I did not need to create my own DataSource. See my answer. – Jérôme Verstrynge Sep 26 '12 at 14:26

Email missing image attachment

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