
Selenium is one of most widely used popular tool for automation testing. we can use selenium to read email body attachment or to send the email with help of Java Mail Jars.
Sending email through Java with SSL / TLS authentication
The JavaMail API defines classes which represent the components of a mail system. JavaMail does not implement an email server, instead it allows you to access an email server using a Java API. In order to test the code presented, you must have access to an email server. While the JavaMail API specification does not mandate support for specific protocols, JavaMail typically includes support for POP3, IMAP, and SMTP.

Prerequisite:
- Have access to an SMTP server. You must know the host name, port number, and security settings for your SMTP server. Web mail providers may offer SMTP access, view your email account settings or help to find further information. Be aware that your username is often your full email address and not just the name that comes before the @ symbol.
- A Java EE IDE and Application Server such as GlassFish or Oracle WebLogic Server. JavaMail can be downloaded as a library in a Java SE application but this tutorial assumes the use of a Java EE application server which would already include JavaMail.
Steps for sending email:
We will cover below 3 scenario to send an email:
1. Send Mail in Java using SMTP without authentication.
2. Send Mail in Java using SMTP with TLS authentication.
3. Send Mail in Java using SMTP with SSL authentication
1.Download java mail jar file which contains the library to send the email.

2.Add jar into your project and if you are working with maven project then you can use dependency.
3. Get the session object – . javax.mail.Session class provides object of session, Session.getDefaultInstance() method and Session.getInstance() method.
// Setup mail server properties.setProperty("mail.smtp.host", host); // mail username and password properties.setProperty("mail.user", "user"); properties.setProperty("mail.password", "password$$");
Compose the message–
javax.mail.Transport class provides method to send the message.
// javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage class is // mostly used for abstraction. MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session); // header field of the header. message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from)); message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to)); message.setSubject("subject"); message.setText("Hello, aas is sending email ");
Send the message –
Transport.send(message);
1.Send Mail in Java using SMTP without authentication full implementation in java
import java.util.*; import javax.mail.*; import javax.mail.internet.*; import javax.activation.*; public class SendEmail { public static void main(String[] args) { // change below lines accordingly String to = "got@gmail.com"; String from = "akash@gmail.com"; String host = "localhost"; // or IP address // Get the session object // Get system properties Properties properties = System.getProperties(); // Setup mail server properties.setProperty("mail.smtp.host", host); // Get the default Session object Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(properties); // compose the message try { // javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage class // is mostly used for abstraction. MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session); // header field of the header. message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from)); message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to)); message.setSubject("subject"); message.setText("Hello, aas is sending email "); // Send message Transport.send(message); System.out.println("Yo it has been sent.."); } catch (MessagingException mex) { mex.printStackTrace(); } } }
The program is simple to understand and works well, but in real life most of the SMTP servers use some sort of authentication such as TLS or SSL authentication. So, we will now see how to create Session object for these authentication protocols.
For TLS & SSL you can to know port in which the mail server running those service.
2. Following is the Send Mail in Java using SMTP with TLS authentication full implementation :
import java.util.*; import javax.mail.*; import javax.mail.internet.*; import javax.activation.*; public class SendMail { public static void main(String[] args) { // change accordingly final String username = "username@gmail.com"; // change accordingly final String password = "password"; // or IP address final String host = "localhost"; // Get system properties Properties props = new Properties(); // enable authentication props.put("mail.smtp.auth", host); // enable STARTTLS props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true"); // Setup mail server props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com"); // TLS Port props.put("mail.smtp.port", "587"); // creating Session instance referenced to // Authenticator object to pass in // Session.getInstance argument Session session = Session.getInstance(props, new javax.mail.Authenticator() { //override the getPasswordAuthentication method protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() { return new PasswordAuthentication(username, password); } }); try { // compose the message // javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage class is // mostly used for abstraction. Message message = new MimeMessage(session); // header field of the header. message.setFrom(new InternetAddress("from-email@gmail.com")); message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, InternetAddress.parse("to-email@gmail.com")); message.setSubject("hello"); message.setText("Yo it has been sent"); Transport.send(message); //send Message System.out.println("Done"); } catch (MessagingException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } }
3. Following is the Send Mail in Java using SMTP with SSL authentication full implementation :
import java.util.*; import javax.mail.*; import javax.mail.internet.*; import javax.activation.*; public class SendEmail { public static void main(String[] args) { // change accordingly String to = "got@gmail.com"; // change accordingly String from = "akash@gmail.com"; // or IP address String host = "localhost"; // mail id final String username = "username@gmail.com" // correct password for gmail id final String password = "mypassword"; System.out.println("TLSEmail Start"); // Get the session object // Get system properties Properties properties = System.getProperties(); // Setup mail server properties.setProperty("mail.smtp.host", host); // SSL Port properties.put("mail.smtp.port", "465"); // enable authentication properties.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true"); // SSL Factory properties.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory"); // creating Session instance referenced to // Authenticator object to pass in // Session.getInstance argument Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, new javax.mail.Authenticator() { // override the getPasswordAuthentication // method protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() { return new PasswordAuthentication("username", "password"); } }); } //compose the message try { // javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage class is mostly // used for abstraction. MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session); // header field of the header. message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from)); message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to)); message.setSubject("subject"); message.setText("Hello, aas is sending email "); // Send message Transport.send(message); System.out.println("Yo it has been sent.."); } catch (MessagingException mex) { mex.printStackTrace(); } } }
Reading number of emails ,body and attachments:
package qautomation.blog; import org.testng.annotations.Test; import javax.mail.*; import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Properties; import java.util.Set; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class MailReading { Properties properties = null; private Session session = null; private Store store = null; private Folder inbox = null; private String userName = "quatomationinfo@gmail.com";// provide user name private String password = "Testing@0918";// provide password private String saveDirectory = System.getProperty("user.dir") + "\\SaveEmails"; @Test public void main1() { MailReading sample = new MailReading(); sample.readMails(); } public void readMails() { properties = new Properties(); properties.setProperty("mail.store.protocol", "imaps"); try { session = Session.getDefaultInstance(properties, null); store = session.getStore("imaps"); store.connect("imap.gmail.com", userName, password); inbox = store.getFolder("INBOX"); int unreadMailCount = inbox.getUnreadMessageCount(); System.out.println("No. of Unread Mails = " + unreadMailCount); inbox.open(Folder.READ_WRITE); Message messages[] = inbox.getMessages(); System.out.println("No. of Total Mails = " + messages.length); for (int i = messages.length; i > (messages.length - unreadMailCount); i--) { Message message = messages[i - 1]; Address[] from = message.getFrom(); System.out.println("====================================== Mail no.: " + i + " start ======================================"); System.out.println("Date: " + message.getSentDate()); System.out.println("From: " + from[0]); System.out.println("Subject: " + message.getSubject()); String contentType = message.getContentType(); String messageContent = ""; // store attachment file name, separated by comma String attachFiles = ""; if (contentType.contains("multipart")) { // content may contain attachments Multipart multiPart = (Multipart) message.getContent(); int numberOfParts = multiPart.getCount(); for (int partCount = 0; partCount < numberOfParts; partCount++) { MimeBodyPart part = (MimeBodyPart) multiPart.getBodyPart(partCount); if (Part.ATTACHMENT.equalsIgnoreCase(part.getDisposition())) { // this part is attachment String fileName = part.getFileName(); attachFiles += fileName + ", "; part.saveFile(saveDirectory + File.separator + fileName); } else { // this part may be the message content messageContent = part.getContent().toString(); } } if (attachFiles.length() > 1) { attachFiles = attachFiles.substring(0, attachFiles.length() - 2); } } else if (contentType.contains("text/plain") || contentType.contains("text/html")) { Object content = message.getContent(); if (content != null) { messageContent = content.toString(); } } System.out.println("Attachments: " + attachFiles); System.out.println("====================================== Mail no.: " + i + " end ======================================"); } // disconnect inbox.close(false); store.close(); } catch (NoSuchProviderException ex) { System.out.println("No provider for pop3."); ex.printStackTrace(); } catch (MessagingException ex) { System.out.println("Could not connect to the message store"); ex.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }
References:
http://www.helloselenium.com/2014/10/how-to-send-email-using-java-mail-from.html
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