How to send email in Java using Gmail

If you want to send email in java via Gmail then You are at a right place, no need to go anywhere else. Follow the instructions given below.

First download EmailGmail.rar from the download section of my website: www.siddharthindia.com

Extract it to C: drive as shown in the figure below. You will able to see 3 different jar files in the folder EmailGmail which is inside C:


After this, set the classpath of the above 3 jar files as shown in the figure below.
Copy this line :
C:\EmailGmail\activation.jar;C:\EmailGmail\javaemailgmail.jar;C:\EmailGmail\mail.jar
in the CLASSPATH variable.

After this restart the system.

If you are using IDE like Eclipse or Netbeans then you can simply import all the 3 jar files as shown below. There is no need of setting the class path.

After configuring this much, you need to just copy and paste the below sample program:

/*

* To change this template, choose Tools | Templates

* and open the template in the editor.

*/

import javaemailgmail.EmailGmail;

/**

*

* @author Siddharth

*/

public class Main {

/**

* @param args the command line arguments

*/

public static void main(String[] args) {

// TODO code application logic here

EmailGmail.GMAIL_USERNAME="username@gmail.com";

//Enter the username as shown above

EmailGmail.GMAIL_PASSWORD="password";

//Enter the password

EmailGmail.EMAIL_DESTINATION_ADDRESS=new String[1];

//to how many mail-id you want to send the message

EmailGmail.EMAIL_DESTINATION_ADDRESS[0]="siddharthanandx@gmail.com";

//destination address

EmailGmail.GMAIL_SUBJECT="Test Mail";

//Enter suitable subject

EmailGmail.GMAIL_BODY_MESSAGE="Hello";

//Enter the message

EmailGmail.PLAIN_TEXT_MESSAGE=false;

// if the above is set to false, you can send messages including html tags.

EmailGmail.PLAIN_TEXT_MESSAGE_WITH_ATTACHMENT=false;

// if the above is true then you can send attachment with plain text but not html text

EmailGmail.HTML_MESSAGE=true;

// set the above to false if u want to send simple text message without html tags

EmailGmail.GMAIL_ATTACHMENT="D:\\EmailGmail\\card.jpg";

//Give the full path of the attachment, notice the double backslash, be careful.

EmailGmail.DEBUG_MODE=true;

//if this is false you will not be able to see the outputs of each and every step while mail is being sent in the command line

EmailGmail eg = new EmailGmail();

eg.send();

}

}

CAUTION: If you are still unable to send email then try disabling the firewall and antivirus.