send email using gmail account

[Harry Sunarsa]

hi guys,

please help, I'm creating an application for sending an email that use gmail account as sender. but always return the exception, as shown below:

DEBUG: setDebug: JavaMail version 1.4.4
DEBUG: getProvider() returning javax.mail.Provider[TRANSPORT,smtp,com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport,Sun Microsystems, Inc]
DEBUG SMTP: useEhlo true, useAuth true
DEBUG SMTP: useEhlo true, useAuth true
DEBUG SMTP: trying to connect to host "smtp.gmail.com", port 587, isSSL true
javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: smtp.gmail.com, port: 587;
  nested exception is:
	java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
	at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1934)
	at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:638)
	at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:317)
	at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:176)
	at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:125)
	at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:194)
	at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:124)
	at mailPackage.mail3.send(mail3.java:52)
	at mailPackage.mail3.main(mail3.java:25)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
	at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method)
	at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
	at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
	at sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.createSocket(SocketFetcher.java:288)
	at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.getSocket(SocketFetcher.java:205)
	at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1900)
	... 8 more

and here it is my program that i got from some forum
----

import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import java.util.*;
public class mail3 {

	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	String d_email = "[e-mail]",
	d_password = "password",
	d_host = "smtp.gmail.com",
	d_port = "587",
	m_to = "[e-mail]",
	m_subject = "last Test",
	m_text = "Hey, this is the testing email.";
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		
		mail3 test=new mail3();		
		System.out.println(test.send());
	}
	public String send(){
		Properties props = new Properties();
		props.put("mail.smtp.user", d_email);
		props.put("mail.smtp.host", d_host);
		props.put("mail.smtp.port", d_port);
		props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable","true");
		props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
		props.put("mail.smtp.debug", "true");
		props.put("mail.smtp.ssl.enable", "true");
		props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", d_port);
		props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
		props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
		SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
		try
		{
			Authenticator auth = new SMTPAuthenticator();
			Session session = Session.getInstance(props, auth);
			session.setDebug(true);
			
			MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session);
			msg.setText(m_text);
			msg.setSubject(m_subject);
			msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(d_email));
			msg.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(m_to));
			
			Transport.send(msg);
			
		}
		catch (Exception mex)
		{
			
			mex.printStackTrace(System.out);
			return "error";
		} 
		//System.out.println("send");
		return "sent";
		
	}
	
	private class SMTPAuthenticator extends javax.mail.Authenticator
	{
			public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication()
			{
				return new PasswordAuthentication(d_email, d_password);
			}
	}
}

I have tried to use both port 465 & 587 but still always return error...

thanks in advance,

[Rob Spoor]

Welcome to the Ranch! Can you please UseCodeTags next time? See how much easier your code is to read with them.

[Paul Clapham]

The code which you scavenged from the web is out of date. Check out the JavaMail FAQ which has a section specifically about using GMail.