How to send email using java

In this program we are going to discuss about how to sent mail in java using javax.mail.

SOURCE : EmailSender.java

package com.ocg.post;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Properties;

import javax.mail.Authenticator;
import javax.mail.BodyPart;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Transport;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;

public class EmailSender {
 private String username = "";//use gamil username
 private String password ="";//use gmail password
 private String senderMailID = ""; //sender mail id
 private String receiverMailID = "";// receiver mail id
 public boolean sentMail(String subject, String pageContent, File fileName) {
  boolean isMailSent = false;
  Properties props = new Properties();
  props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
  props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "465");
  props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class",
    "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
  props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
  props.put("mail.smtp.port", "465");

  Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props,
    new Authenticator() {
     protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
      return new PasswordAuthentication(username,
        password);
     }
    });
  try {
   Message message = new MimeMessage(session);
   message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(senderMailID));
   message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
     InternetAddress.parse(receiverMailID));
   message.setSubject(subject);
   BodyPart messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
   message.setContent(pageContent, "text/html");
   Transport.send(message);
   isMailSent = true;
   System.out.println("Mail sent successfully");
  } catch (MessagingException e) {
   isMailSent = false;
   throw new RuntimeException(e);
  }
  return isMailSent;
 }
}

OUTPUT

Mail sent successfully

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