Java How to send Email

To send email in Java, we need JavaMail

	<dependency>
		<groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
		<artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
		<version>1.6.2</version>
	</dependency>

1. Send Email

Send a normal email in text format.

package com.mkyong;
import com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Properties;
public class SendEmailSMTP {
	// for example, smtp.mailgun.org
    private static final String SMTP_SERVER = "smtp server ";
    private static final String USERNAME = "";
    private static final String PASSWORD = "";
    private static final String EMAIL_FROM = "From@gmail.com";
    private static final String EMAIL_TO = "email_1@yahoo.com, email_2@gmail.com";
    private static final String EMAIL_TO_CC = "";
    private static final String EMAIL_SUBJECT = "Test Send Email via SMTP";
    private static final String EMAIL_TEXT = "Hello Java Mail \n ABC123";
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Properties prop = System.getProperties();
        prop.put("mail.smtp.host", SMTP_SERVER); //optional, defined in SMTPTransport
        prop.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
        prop.put("mail.smtp.port", "25"); // default port 25
        Session session = Session.getInstance(prop, null);
        Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
        try {
			// from
            msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(EMAIL_FROM));
			// to 
            msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
                    InternetAddress.parse(EMAIL_TO, false));
			// cc
            msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC,
                    InternetAddress.parse(EMAIL_TO_CC, false));
			// subject
            msg.setSubject(EMAIL_SUBJECT);
			// content 
            msg.setText(EMAIL_TEXT);
            msg.setSentDate(new Date());
			// Get SMTPTransport
            SMTPTransport t = (SMTPTransport) session.getTransport("smtp");
			// connect
            t.connect(SMTP_SERVER, USERNAME, PASSWORD);
			// send
            t.sendMessage(msg, msg.getAllRecipients());
            System.out.println("Response: " + t.getLastServerResponse());
            t.close();
        } catch (MessagingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();

2. Send Email in HTML format

The key is create a custom javax.activation.DataSource to handle HTML format.

package com.mkyong;
import com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport;
import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.DataSource;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Properties;
public class SendEmailHTML {
    // for example, smtp.mailgun.org
    private static final String SMTP_SERVER = "smtp server ";
    private static final String USERNAME = "";
    private static final String PASSWORD = "";
    private static final String EMAIL_FROM = "From@gmail.com";
    private static final String EMAIL_TO = "email_1@yahoo.com, email_2@gmail.com";
    private static final String EMAIL_TO_CC = "";
    private static final String EMAIL_SUBJECT = "Test Send Email via SMTP (HTML)";
    private static final String EMAIL_TEXT = "<h1>Hello Java Mail \n ABC123</h1>";
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Properties prop = System.getProperties();
        prop.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
        Session session = Session.getInstance(prop, null);
        Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
        try {
            msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(EMAIL_FROM));
            msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
                    InternetAddress.parse(EMAIL_TO, false));
            msg.setSubject(EMAIL_SUBJECT);
			// TEXT email
            //msg.setText(EMAIL_TEXT);
			// HTML email
            msg.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(new HTMLDataSource(EMAIL_TEXT)));
			SMTPTransport t = (SMTPTransport) session.getTransport("smtp");
			// connect
            t.connect(SMTP_SERVER, USERNAME, PASSWORD);
			// send
            t.sendMessage(msg, msg.getAllRecipients());
            System.out.println("Response: " + t.getLastServerResponse());
            t.close();
        } catch (MessagingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
    static class HTMLDataSource implements DataSource {
        private String html;
        public HTMLDataSource(String htmlString) {
            html = htmlString;
        @Override
        public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
            if (html == null) throw new IOException("html message is null!");
            return new ByteArrayInputStream(html.getBytes());
        @Override
        public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException {
            throw new IOException("This DataHandler cannot write HTML");
        @Override
        public String getContentType() {
            return "text/html";
        @Override
        public String getName() {
            return "HTMLDataSource";

3. Send Email with Attachment

3.1 The key is creating MimeBodyPart and add it into Multipart

import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;
	// text
	MimeBodyPart p1 = new MimeBodyPart();
	p1.setText(EMAIL_TEXT);
	// file
	MimeBodyPart p2 = new MimeBodyPart();
	FileDataSource fds = new FileDataSource("path/example.txt");
	p2.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(fds));
	p2.setFileName(fds.getName());
	Multipart mp = new MimeMultipart();
	mp.addBodyPart(p1);
	mp.addBodyPart(p2);
	msg.setContent(mp);

3.2 A complete example to attach a file as an attachment, and send it out.

package com.mkyong;
import com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport;
import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.FileDataSource;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Multipart;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;
import java.util.Properties;
public class SendEmailAttachment {
    // for example, smtp.mailgun.org
    private static final String SMTP_SERVER = "smtp server ";
    private static final String USERNAME = "";
    private static final String PASSWORD = "";
    private static final String EMAIL_FROM = "From@gmail.com";
    private static final String EMAIL_TO = "email_1@yahoo.com, email_2@gmail.com";
    private static final String EMAIL_TO_CC = "";
    private static final String EMAIL_SUBJECT = "Test Send Email via SMTP (ATTACHMENT)";
    private static final String EMAIL_TEXT = "Hello Java Mail \n ABC123";
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Properties prop = System.getProperties();
        prop.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
        Session session = Session.getInstance(prop, null);
        Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
        try {
            msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(EMAIL_FROM));
            msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
                    InternetAddress.parse(EMAIL_TO, false));
            msg.setSubject(EMAIL_SUBJECT);
            // text
            MimeBodyPart p1 = new MimeBodyPart();
            p1.setText(EMAIL_TEXT);
            // file
            MimeBodyPart p2 = new MimeBodyPart();
            FileDataSource fds = new FileDataSource("path/example.txt");
            p2.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(fds));
            p2.setFileName(fds.getName());
            Multipart mp = new MimeMultipart();
            mp.addBodyPart(p1);
            mp.addBodyPart(p2);
            msg.setContent(mp);
			SMTPTransport t = (SMTPTransport) session.getTransport("smtp");
			// connect
            t.connect(SMTP_SERVER, USERNAME, PASSWORD);
			// send
            t.sendMessage(msg, msg.getAllRecipients());
            System.out.println("Response: " + t.getLastServerResponse());
            t.close();
        } catch (MessagingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();