How to send email from a java web app

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I have a java web application sitting on Tomcat/Apache.

I have a form which has to send email. What is the best way to get this working.

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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I suppose these threads did appear when you posted your question:

Sending mail from java

How do I send an e-mail in Java?

How can I send an email by Java application using GMail, Yahoo, or Hotmail?

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answered Dec 17 '09 at 08:58

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score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 20 '15 at 20:19

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You should look at JavaMail API

Additionally, you may want to look at Fancymail, a small library to simplify usage of JavaMail API.

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answered Dec 17 '09 at 08:44

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I remain mystified that `javax.mail` hasn't yet made it into JavaSE, but things like JAX-WS and SOAP have. It's damned peculiar. – skaffman Dec 17 '09 at 08:51

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '09 at 08:56

Short and dirty copy-and-paste for sending a simple plain text mail message using javamail here

Tiny example of sending a plain text msg, using custom smtp host:

        Properties props = new Properties();
    props.put("mail.smtp.host", "your.mailhost.com");
    Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
    session.setDebug(true);
    Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
    msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress("mail@from.com"));
    msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress[]{new InternetAddress("mail@to.com")});
    msg.setSubject("Subject Line");
    msg.setText("Text Body");
    Transport.send(msg);

Can I add a file (like PDF) to this mail? – Xeidos Jan 14 '15 at 10:46 — Xeidos, Jan 14 '15 at 10:46

How to send email from a java web app

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