How to send mail with HTML content using Java Mail

package com.onlinecodegeek.mail;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.Properties;

import javax.mail.Authenticator;

import javax.mail.Message;

import javax.mail.MessagingException;

import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;

import javax.mail.Session;

import javax.mail.Transport;

import javax.mail.internet.AddressException;

import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;

import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;

public class HtmlEmailSender {

    public void sendHtmlEmail(String host, String port,

            final String userName, final String password, String toAddress,

            String subject, String message) throws AddressException,

            MessagingException {

        // sets SMTP server properties

        Properties properties = new Properties();

        properties.put("mail.smtp.host", host);

        properties.put("mail.smtp.port", port);

        properties.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");

        properties.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");

        // creates a new session with an authenticator

        Authenticator auth = new Authenticator() {

            public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {

                return new PasswordAuthentication(userName, password);

            }

        };

        Session session = Session.getInstance(properties, auth);

        // creates a new e-mail message

        Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);

        msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(userName));

        InternetAddress[] toAddresses = { new InternetAddress(toAddress) };

        msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, toAddresses);

        msg.setSubject(subject);

        msg.setSentDate(new Date());

        // set plain text message

        msg.setContent(message, "text/html");

        // sends the e-mail

        Transport.send(msg);

    }

    /**

     * Test the send html e-mail method

     *

     */

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // SMTP server information

        String host = "smtp.gmail.com";

        String port = "587";

        String mailFrom = "your-email-address";

        String password = "your-email-password";

        // outgoing message information

        String mailTo = "your-friend-email-address";

        String subject = "Hello my friend";

        // message contains HTML markups

        String message = "<i>Greetings!</i><br>";

        message += "<b>Wish you a nice day!</b><br>";

        message += "<font color=red>Duke</font>";

        HtmlEmailSender mailer = new HtmlEmailSender();

        try {

            mailer.sendHtmlEmail(host, port, mailFrom, password, mailTo,

                    subject, message);

            System.out.println("Email sent.");

        } catch (Exception ex) {

            System.out.println("Failed to sent email.");

            ex.printStackTrace();

        }

    }

}

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