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JavaMail API Environment Setup

You will install Sun’s JavaMail reference implementation .After you install the Sun’s JavaMail reference then introduce the demonstration programs that come with the reference implementation.

Then using the some special Task to established JavaMail API Environment setup:

Task 1: firstly Download the latest version of the JavaMail Implementation from Sun.

Task 2: After JavaMail download to latest version for JavaBeans Activation Framework from Sun.

Task 3: Then both downloaded packages Unzip. you get the ZIP file for all platform for both packages.

Task 4: using the jar tool to Unzip these packages .

Task 5: Add the mail.jar file from the JavaMail 1.5 download and the activation.jar file from the JavaBeans Activation Framework download to your CLASSPATH.

Task 6: Then total files copy into your extension library directory. The default installation copy using for Microsoft Windows, the command look like the following:

cd javamail-1.2
copy mail.jar jdkjrelibext
cd jaf-1.0.1
copy activation.jar jdkjrelibext

Task 7:After that Go into the demo directory. The demo directory comes with the JavaMail API implementation and compile to the msgsend program to send a test message.

Task 8:The msgsend program compile to javac msgsend.java

Task 9:Execute the program passing in a from address with the -o option, your SMTP server with the -M option, and the to address (with no option). You’ll then enter the subject, the text of your message, and the end-of-file character (CTRL-Z) to signal the end of the message input.

Task 10: Then lastly check to make sure your message received with normal mail reader (Eudora, Outlook Express, pine,etc.

SMPT server

To send emails, you must have SMTP server that is responsible to send mails. You can use one of the following techniques to get the SMTP server:

Install and use any SMTP server such as Postfix server (for Ubuntu), Apache James server (Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server)etc. (or)

Use the SMTP server provided by the host provider for eg: free SMTP provide by JangoSMTP site is relay.jangosmtp.net (or)

Use the SMTP Server provided by companies e.g. gmail, yahoo, etc.

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Dinesh Rajput

Dinesh Rajput is the chief editor of a website Dineshonjava, a technical blog dedicated to the Spring and Java technologies. It has a series of articles related to Java technologies. Dinesh has been a Spring enthusiast since 2008 and is a Pivotal Certified Spring Professional, an author of a book Spring 5 Design Pattern, and a blogger. He has more than 10 years of experience with different aspects of Spring and Java design and development. His core expertise lies in the latest version of Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Security, creating REST APIs, Microservice Architecture, Reactive Pattern, Spring AOP, Design Patterns, Struts, Hibernate, Web Services, Spring Batch, Cassandra, MongoDB, and Web Application Design and Architecture. He is currently working as a technology manager at a leading product and web development company. He worked as a developer and tech lead at the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd and was the first developer in his previous company, Paytm. Dinesh is passionate about the latest Java technologies and loves to write technical blogs related to it. He is a very active member of the Java and Spring community on different forums. When it comes to the Spring Framework and Java, Dinesh tops the list!