// 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 []"); } } }