What is the recommended way to send email programmatically with Java?

Yes, I will send e-mail to you with Java.

Give me your email id :)

Just kidding:

1. import java.util.Properties; 
2. import javax.mail.Message; 
3. import javax.mail.MessagingException; 
4. import javax.mail.Session; 
5. import javax.mail.Transport; 
6. importjavax.mail.internet.AddressException; 
7. importjavax.mail.internet.InternetAddress; 
8. import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage; 
9. public class SendMailTLS { 
10. public static void main(String[] args) { 
11. // To address 
12. String to = "[email protected]"; 
13. // If any CC email ids 
14. String cc = "[email protected]"; 
15. // If any BCC email ids 
16. String bcc = "[email protected]"; 
17. // Email Subject 
18. String subject = "Java Discover"; 
19. // Email content 
20. String emailText = "Hi All, Welcome to Java Mail API"; 
21. // Sending Email using Gmail SMTP 
22. sendEmail(to, cc, bcc, subject, emailText); 
23. } 
24. public static void sendEmail(String to, String cc, String bcc, String subject, String emailText) { 
25. // From address (Need Gmail ID) 
26. String from = "[email protected]"; 
27. // Password of from address 
28. String password = "from_password"; 
29. // Gmail host address 
30. String host = "smtp.gmail.com"; 
31. Properties props = System.getProperties(); 
32. props.put("mail.smtp.host", host); 
33. props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "465"); 
34. props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory"); 
35. props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true"); 
36. props.put("mail.smtp.port", "465"); 
37. props.put("mail.smtp.user", from); 
38. props.put("password", password); 
39. Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null); 
40. MimeMessage msg = newMimeMessage(session); 
41. try { 
42. msg.setFrom(newInternetAddress(from)); 
43. // Adding To address 
44. msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, InternetAddress.parse(to, false)); 
45. // Adding CC email id 
46. msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC, InternetAddress.parse(cc, false)); 
47. // Adding BCC email id 
48. msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.BCC, InternetAddress.parse(bcc, false)); 
49. msg.setSubject(subject); 
50. msg.setText(emailText); 
51. Transport transport = session.getTransport("smtp"); 
52. transport.connect(host, from, password); 
53. transport.sendMessage(msg, msg.getAllRecipients()); 
54. transport.close(); 
55. System.out.println("Email was sent successfully....."); 
56. } catch (AddressException e) { 
57. e.printStackTrace(); 
58. } catch (MessagingException e) { 
59. e.printStackTrace(); 
60. } 
61. } 
62. }