Name: jn10789 Date: 11/20/98


This is a standard example in the Java Examples in a Nutshell,
page 188.

When you do a c.Connect(),
> > > The example invisibly sends
> > > helo machinename
> > > mail from: username@machinename
> > > data
> > >
> > > which fails for many SMTP servers which don't allow data until an
> > > RCPT from: has been given too.
> > >
> > > I got to the bottom of this using a heavily edited SendMail example,
> > > the GenericClient example and by modifying the HttpMirror example to
> > > mimic an SMTP server, and by playing with a telnet session to a real
> > > ESMTP server (SendMail 8.8.8/8.8.8) running on a Sun.


// This example is from _Java Examples in a Nutshell_. (http://www.oreilly.com)
// Copyright (c) 1997 by David Flanagan
// This example is provided WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or implied.
// You may study, use, modify, and distribute it for non-commercial purposes.
// For any commercial use, see http://www.davidflanagan.com/javaexamples

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

/**
 * This program sends e-mail using a mailto: URL
 **/
public class SendMail {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      // If the user specified a mailhost, tell the system about it.
      if (args.length >= 1) System.getProperties().put("mail.host", args[0]);

      // A Reader stream to read from the console
      BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

      // Ask the user for the from, to, and subject lines
      System.out.print("From: ");
      String from = in.readLine();
      System.out.print("To: ");
      String to = in.readLine();
      System.out.print("Subject: ");
      String subject = in.readLine();

      // Establish a network connection for sending mail
      URL u = new URL("mailto:" + to); // Create a mailto: URL
      URLConnection c = u.openConnection(); // Create a URLConnection for it
      c.setDoInput(false); // Specify no input from this URL
      c.setDoOutput(true); // Specify we'll do output
      System.out.println("Connecting..."); // Tell the user what's happening
      System.out.flush(); // Tell them right now
      c.connect(); // Connect to mail host
      PrintWriter out = // Get output stream to mail host
        new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(c.getOutputStream()));

      // Write out mail headers. Don't let users fake the From address
      out.println("From: \"" + from + "\" <" +
                  System.getProperty("user.name") + "@" +
                  InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName() + ">");
      out.println("To: " + to);
      out.println("Subject: " + subject);
      out.println(); // blank line to end the list of headers

      // Now ask the user to enter the body of the message
      System.out.println("Enter the message. " +
                         "End with a '.' on a line by itself.");
      // Read message line by line and send it out.
      String line;
      for(;;) {
        line = in.readLine();
        if ((line == null) || line.equals(".")) break;
        out.println(line);
      }

      // Close the stream to terminate the message
      out.close();
      // Tell the user it was successfully sent.
      System.out.println("Message sent.");
      System.out.flush();
    }
    catch (Exception e) { // Handle any exceptions, print error message.
      System.err.println(e);
      System.err.println("Usage: java SendMail [<mailhost>]");
    }
  }
}
(Review ID: 36029)
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