Package org.apache.commons.mail2.javax

Class Email

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.mail2.javax.Email
Direct Known Subclasses:
MultiPartEmail, SimpleEmail
public abstract class Email extends Object
The abstract class for all email messages. This class sets the sender's email, name, receiver's email, name, subject, and send date.

Subclasses are responsible for setting the message body.

Since:
1.0

  • Constructor Details

    • Email

      public Email()
      Constructs a new instance.

  • Method Details

    • addBcc

      public Email addBcc(String email) throws EmailException
      Adds a blind BCC recipient to the email. The email address will also be used as the personal name. The name will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address
      Since:
      1.0

    • addBcc

      public Email addBcc(String... emails) throws EmailException
      Adds an array of blind BCC recipients to the email. The email addresses will also be used as the personal name. The names will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      emails - A String array.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address
      Since:
      1.3

    • addBcc

      public Email addBcc(String email, String name) throws EmailException
      Adds a blind BCC recipient to the email using the specified address and the specified personal name. The name will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      name - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address
      Since:
      1.0

    • addBcc

      public Email addBcc(String email, String name, String charset) throws EmailException
      Adds a blind BCC recipient to the email using the specified address, personal name, and charset encoding for the name.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      name - A String.
      charset - The charset to encode the name with.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address
      Since:
      1.1

    • addCc

      public Email addCc(String email) throws EmailException
      Adds a recipient CC to the email. The email address will also be used as the personal name. The name will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address.
      Since:
      1.0

    • addCc

      public Email addCc(String... emails) throws EmailException
      Adds an array of CC recipients to the email. The email addresses will also be used as the personal name. The names will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      emails - A String array.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address.
      Since:
      1.3

    • addCc

      public Email addCc(String email, String name) throws EmailException
      Adds a recipient CC to the email using the specified address and the specified personal name. The name will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      name - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address.
      Since:
      1.0

    • addCc

      public Email addCc(String email, String name, String charset) throws EmailException
      Adds a recipient CC to the email using the specified address, personal name, and charset encoding for the name.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      name - A String.
      charset - The charset to encode the name with.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address or charset.
      Since:
      1.1

    • addHeader

      public void addHeader(String name, String value)
      Adds a header ( name, value ) to the headers Map.
      Parameters:
      name - A String with the name.
      value - A String with the value.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if either name or value is null or empty
      Since:
      1.0

    • addReplyTo

      public Email addReplyTo(String email) throws EmailException
      Adds a reply to address to the email. The email address will also be used as the personal name. The name will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address
      Since:
      1.0

    • addReplyTo

      public Email addReplyTo(String email, String name) throws EmailException
      Adds a reply to address to the email using the specified address and the specified personal name. The name will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      name - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address
      Since:
      1.0

    • addReplyTo

      public Email addReplyTo(String email, String name, String charset) throws EmailException
      Adds a reply to address to the email using the specified address, personal name, and charset encoding for the name.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      name - A String.
      charset - The charset to encode the name with.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address or charset.
      Since:
      1.1

    • addTo

      public Email addTo(String email) throws EmailException
      Adds a recipient TO to the email. The email address will also be used as the personal name. The name will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address.
      Since:
      1.0

    • addTo

      public Email addTo(String... emails) throws EmailException
      Adds a list of TO recipients to the email. The email addresses will also be used as the personal names. The names will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      emails - A String array.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address.
      Since:
      1.3

    • addTo

      public Email addTo(String email, String name) throws EmailException
      Adds a recipient TO to the email using the specified address and the specified personal name. The name will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      name - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address.
      Since:
      1.0

    • addTo

      public Email addTo(String email, String name, String charset) throws EmailException
      Adds a recipient TO to the email using the specified address, personal name, and charset encoding for the name.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      name - A String.
      charset - The charset to encode the name with.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address or charset.
      Since:
      1.1

    • buildMimeMessage

      public void buildMimeMessage() throws EmailException
      Builds the MimeMessage. Please note that a user rarely calls this method directly and only if he/she is interested in the sending the underlying MimeMessage without commons-email.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the MimeMessage was already built
      EmailException - if there was an error.
      Since:
      1.0

    • createMimeMessage

      protected MimeMessage createMimeMessage(Session aSession)
      Creates a customized MimeMessage which can be implemented by a derived class, e.g. to set the message id.
      Parameters:
      aSession - mail session to be used
      Returns:
      the newly created message

    • getAuthenticator

      public Authenticator getAuthenticator()
      Gets the authenticator.
      Returns:
      the authenticator.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • getBccAddresses

      public List<InternetAddress> getBccAddresses()
      Gets the list of "Bcc" addresses.
      Returns:
      List addresses

    • getBounceAddress

      public String getBounceAddress()
      Gets the "bounce address" of this email.
      Returns:
      the bounce address as string
      Since:
      1.4

    • getCcAddresses

      public List<InternetAddress> getCcAddresses()
      Gets the list of "CC" addresses.
      Returns:
      List addresses

    • getCharsetName

      public String getCharsetName()
      Gets the Charset.
      Returns:
      the Charset.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • getContent

      public Object getContent()
      Gets the content.
      Returns:
      the content.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • getContentType

      public String getContentType()
      Gets the content type.
      Returns:
      the content type.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • getEmailBody

      public MimeMultipart getEmailBody()
      Gets the email body.
      Returns:
      the email body.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • getFromAddress

      public InternetAddress getFromAddress()
      Gets the sender of the email.
      Returns:
      from address

    • getHeader

      public String getHeader(String header)
      Gets the specified header.
      Parameters:
      header - A string with the header.
      Returns:
      The value of the header, or null if no such header.
      Since:
      1.5

    • getHeaders

      public Map<String,String> getHeaders()
      Gets all headers on an Email.
      Returns:
      a Map of all headers.
      Since:
      1.5

    • getHostName

      public String getHostName()
      Gets the host name of the SMTP server,
      Returns:
      host name

    • getMailSession

      public Session getMailSession() throws EmailException
      Gets the mail session used when sending this Email, creating the Session if necessary. When a mail session is already initialized setting the session related properties will cause an IllegalStateException.
      Returns:
      A Session.
      Throws:
      EmailException - if the host name was not set
      Since:
      1.0

    • getMessage

      public MimeMessage getMessage()
      Gets the message.
      Returns:
      the message.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • getMimeMessage

      public MimeMessage getMimeMessage()
      Gets the internal MimeMessage. Please note that the MimeMessage is built by the buildMimeMessage() method.
      Returns:
      the MimeMessage

    • getPopHost

      public String getPopHost()
      Gets the POP3 host.
      Returns:
      the POP3 host.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • getPopPassword

      public String getPopPassword()
      Gets the POP3 password.
      Returns:
      the POP3 password.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • getPopUserName

      public String getPopUserName()
      Gets the POP3 user name.
      Returns:
      the POP3 user name.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • getReplyToAddresses

      public List<InternetAddress> getReplyToAddresses()
      Gets the list of "Reply-To" addresses.
      Returns:
      List addresses

    • getSentDate

      public Date getSentDate()
      Gets the sent date for the email.
      Returns:
      date to be used as the sent date for the email
      Since:
      1.0

    • getSmtpPort

      public String getSmtpPort()
      Gets the listening port of the SMTP server.
      Returns:
      SMTP port

    • getSocketConnectionTimeout

      public int getSocketConnectionTimeout()
      Gets the socket connection timeout value in milliseconds.
      Returns:
      the timeout in milliseconds.
      Since:
      1.2

    • getSocketTimeout

      public int getSocketTimeout()
      Gets the socket I/O timeout value in milliseconds.
      Returns:
      the socket I/O timeout
      Since:
      1.2

    • getSslSmtpPort

      public String getSslSmtpPort()
      Gets the current SSL port used by the SMTP transport.
      Returns:
      the current SSL port used by the SMTP transport

    • getSubject

      public String getSubject()
      Gets the subject of the email.
      Returns:
      email subject

    • getToAddresses

      public List<InternetAddress> getToAddresses()
      Gets the list of "To" addresses.
      Returns:
      List addresses

    • isDebug

      public boolean isDebug()
      Tests whether debug is on.
      Returns:
      whether debug is on.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • isPopBeforeSmtp

      public boolean isPopBeforeSmtp()
      Tests whether to use POP3 before SMTP, and if so the settings.
      Returns:
      whether to use POP3 before SMTP, and if so the settings.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • isSendPartial

      public boolean isSendPartial()
      Tests whether partial sending of email is enabled.
      Returns:
      true if sending partial email is enabled.
      Since:
      1.3.2

    • isSSLCheckServerIdentity

      public boolean isSSLCheckServerIdentity()
      Tests whether the server identity checked as specified by RFC 2595
      Returns:
      true if the server identity is checked.
      Since:
      1.3

    • isSSLOnConnect

      public boolean isSSLOnConnect()
      Tests whether SSL/TLS encryption for the transport is currently enabled (SMTPS/POPS).
      Returns:
      true if SSL enabled for the transport.
      Since:
      1.3

    • isStartTLSEnabled

      public boolean isStartTLSEnabled()
      Tests whether the client is configured to try to enable STARTTLS.
      Returns:
      true if using STARTTLS for authentication, false otherwise.
      Since:
      1.3

    • isStartTLSRequired

      public boolean isStartTLSRequired()
      Tests whether the client is configured to require STARTTLS.
      Returns:
      true if using STARTTLS for authentication, false otherwise.
      Since:
      1.3

    • send

      public String send() throws EmailException
      Sends the email. Internally we build a MimeMessage which is afterwards sent to the SMTP server.
      Returns:
      the message id of the underlying MimeMessage
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the MimeMessage was already built, that is, buildMimeMessage() was already called
      EmailException - the sending failed

    • sendMimeMessage

      public String sendMimeMessage() throws EmailException
      Sends the previously created MimeMessage to the SMTP server.
      Returns:
      the message id of the underlying MimeMessage
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the MimeMessage has not been created
      EmailException - the sending failed

    • setAuthentication

      public void setAuthentication(String userName, String password)
      Sets the userName and password if authentication is needed. If this method is not used, no authentication will be performed.

      This method will create a new instance of DefaultAuthenticator using the supplied parameters.

      Parameters:
      userName - User name for the SMTP server
      password - password for the SMTP server
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:

    • setAuthenticator

      public void setAuthenticator(Authenticator authenticator)
      Sets the Authenticator to be used when authentication is requested from the mail server.

      This method should be used when your outgoing mail server requires authentication. Your mail server must also support RFC2554.

      Parameters:
      authenticator - the Authenticator object.
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:

    • setBcc

      public Email setBcc(Collection<InternetAddress> collection) throws EmailException
      Sets a list of "BCC" addresses. All elements in the specified Collection are expected to be of type java.mail.internet.InternetAddress.
      Parameters:
      collection - collection of InternetAddress objects
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:

    • setBounceAddress

      public Email setBounceAddress(String email)
      Sets the "bounce address" - the address to which undeliverable messages will be returned. If this value is never set, then the message will be sent to the address specified with the System property "mail.smtp.from", or if that value is not set, then to the "from" address.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the mail session is already initialized
      Since:
      1.0

    • setCc

      public Email setCc(Collection<InternetAddress> collection) throws EmailException
      Sets a list of "CC" addresses. All elements in the specified Collection are expected to be of type java.mail.internet.InternetAddress.
      Parameters:
      collection - collection of InternetAddress objects.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address.
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:

    • setCharset

      public void setCharset(String charset)
      Sets the charset of the message. Please note that you should set the charset before adding the message content.
      Parameters:
      charset - A String.
      Throws:
      IllegalCharsetNameException - if the charset name is invalid
      UnsupportedCharsetException - if no support for the named charset exists in the current JVM
      Since:
      1.0

    • setContent

      public void setContent(MimeMultipart mimeMultipart)
      Sets the emailBody to a MimeMultiPart
      Parameters:
      mimeMultipart - aMimeMultipart
      Since:
      1.0

    • setContent

      public Email setContent(Object content)
      Sets the content.
      Parameters:
      content - the content.
      Returns:
      this instance.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setContent

      public void setContent(Object content, String contentType)
      Sets the content and contentType.
      Parameters:
      content - content.
      contentType - content type.
      Since:
      1.0

    • setContentType

      public Email setContentType(String contentType)
      Sets the content type.
      Parameters:
      contentType - the content type.
      Returns:
      this instance.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setDebug

      public void setDebug(boolean debug)
      Sets the display of debug information.
      Parameters:
      debug - A boolean.
      Since:
      1.0

    • setFrom

      public Email setFrom(String email) throws EmailException
      Sets the FROM field of the email to use the specified address. The email address will also be used as the personal name. The name will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address.
      Since:
      1.0

    • setFrom

      public Email setFrom(String email, String name) throws EmailException
      Sets the FROM field of the email to use the specified address and the specified personal name. The name will be encoded by the charset of setCharset(String). If it is not set, it will be encoded using the Java platform's default charset (UTF-16) if it contains non-ASCII characters; otherwise, it is used as is.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      name - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address.
      Since:
      1.0

    • setFrom

      public Email setFrom(String email, String name, String charset) throws EmailException
      Sets the FROM field of the email to use the specified address, personal name, and charset encoding for the name.
      Parameters:
      email - A String.
      name - A String.
      charset - The charset to encode the name with.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address or charset.
      Since:
      1.1

    • setFromAddress

      public Email setFromAddress(InternetAddress fromAddress)
      Sets the From address.
      Parameters:
      fromAddress - the From address.
      Returns:
      this instance.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setHeaders

      public void setHeaders(Map<String,String> map)
      Sets the mail headers. Example: X-Mailer: Sendmail, X-Priority: 1( highest ) or 2( high ) 3( normal ) 4( low ) and 5( lowest ) Disposition-Notification-To: user@domain.net
      Parameters:
      map - A Map.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if either of the provided header / value is null or empty
      Since:
      1.0

    • setHostName

      public void setHostName(String hostName)
      Sets the hostname of the outgoing mail server.
      Parameters:
      hostName - aHostName
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the mail session is already initialized
      Since:
      1.0

    • setMailSession

      public void setMailSession(Session session)
      Sets a mail Session object to use. Please note that passing a user name and password (in the case of mail authentication) will create a new mail session with a DefaultAuthenticator. This is a convenience but might come unexpected. If mail authentication is used but NO user name and password is supplied the implementation assumes that you have set a authenticator and will use the existing mail session (as expected).
      Parameters:
      session - mail session to be used
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if aSession is null
      Since:
      1.0

    • setMailSessionFromJNDI

      public void setMailSessionFromJNDI(String jndiName) throws NamingException
      Sets a mail Session object from a JNDI directory.
      Parameters:
      jndiName - name of JNDI resource (javax.mail.Session type), resource if searched in java:comp/env if name does not start with "java:"
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the JNDI name is null or empty
      NamingException - if the resource cannot be retrieved from JNDI directory
      Since:
      1.1

    • setMessage

      public void setMessage(MimeMessage message)
      Sets the MIME message.
      Parameters:
      message - the MIME message.

    • setMsg

      public abstract Email setMsg(String msg) throws EmailException
      Sets the content of the mail. It should be overridden by the subclasses.
      Parameters:
      msg - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - generic exception.
      Since:
      1.0

    • setPopBeforeSmtp

      public Email setPopBeforeSmtp(boolean popBeforeSmtp)
      Sets whether to use POP3 before SMTP, and if so the settings.
      Parameters:
      popBeforeSmtp - whether to use POP3 before SMTP, and if so the settings.
      Returns:
      this instance.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setPopBeforeSmtp

      public void setPopBeforeSmtp(boolean popBeforeSmtp, String popHost, String popUserName, String popPassword)
      Sets details regarding "POP3 before SMTP" authentication.
      Parameters:
      popBeforeSmtp - Whether or not to log into POP3 server before sending mail.
      popHost - The POP3 host to use.
      popUserName - The POP3 user name.
      popPassword - The POP3 password.
      Since:
      1.0

    • setPopHost

      public Email setPopHost(String popHost)
      Sets the POP3 host.
      Parameters:
      popHost - The POP3 host.
      Returns:
      this instance.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setPopPassword

      public Email setPopPassword(String popPassword)
      Sets the POP3 password.
      Parameters:
      popPassword - the POP3 password.
      Returns:
      this instance.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setPopUsername

      public Email setPopUsername(String popUserName)
      Sets the POP3 user name.
      Parameters:
      popUserName - the POP3 user name.
      Returns:
      this instance.
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setReplyTo

      public Email setReplyTo(Collection<InternetAddress> collection) throws EmailException
      Sets a list of reply to addresses. All elements in the specified Collection are expected to be of type java.mail.internet.InternetAddress.
      Parameters:
      collection - collection of InternetAddress objects
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address
      Since:
      1.1
      See Also:

    • setSendPartial

      public Email setSendPartial(boolean sendPartial)
      Sets whether the email is partially send in case of invalid addresses.

      In case the mail server rejects an address as invalid, the call to send() may throw a SendFailedException, even if partial send mode is enabled (emails to valid addresses will be transmitted). In case the email server does not reject invalid addresses immediately, but return a bounce message, no exception will be thrown by the send() method.

      Parameters:
      sendPartial - whether to enable partial send mode
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the mail session is already initialized
      Since:
      1.3.2

    • setSentDate

      public void setSentDate(Date date)
      Sets the sent date for the email. The sent date will default to the current date if not explicitly set.
      Parameters:
      date - Date to use as the sent date on the email
      Since:
      1.0

    • setSmtpPort

      public void setSmtpPort(int portNumber)
      Sets the non-SSL port number of the outgoing mail server.
      Parameters:
      portNumber - aPortNumber
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the port number is < 1
      IllegalStateException - if the mail session is already initialized
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:

    • setSocketConnectionTimeout

      public void setSocketConnectionTimeout(Duration socketConnectionTimeout)
      Sets the socket connection timeout value in milliseconds. Default is a 60 second timeout.
      Parameters:
      socketConnectionTimeout - the connection timeout
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the mail session is already initialized
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setSocketTimeout

      public void setSocketTimeout(Duration socketTimeout)
      Sets the socket I/O timeout value in milliseconds. Default is 60 second timeout.
      Parameters:
      socketTimeout - the socket I/O timeout
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the mail session is already initialized
      Since:
      1.6.0

    • setSSLCheckServerIdentity

      public Email setSSLCheckServerIdentity(boolean sslCheckServerIdentity)
      Sets whether the server identity is checked as specified by RFC 2595
      Parameters:
      sslCheckServerIdentity - whether to enable server identity check
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the mail session is already initialized
      Since:
      1.3

    • setSSLOnConnect

      public Email setSSLOnConnect(boolean ssl)
      Sets whether SSL/TLS encryption should be enabled for the SMTP transport upon connection (SMTPS/POPS). Takes precedence over setStartTLSRequired(boolean)

      Defaults to sslSmtpPort; can be overridden by using setSslSmtpPort(String)

      Parameters:
      ssl - whether to enable the SSL transport
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the mail session is already initialized
      Since:
      1.3

    • setSslSmtpPort

      public void setSslSmtpPort(String sslSmtpPort)
      Sets the SSL port to use for the SMTP transport. Defaults to the standard port, 465.
      Parameters:
      sslSmtpPort - the SSL port to use for the SMTP transport
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the mail session is already initialized
      See Also:

    • setStartTLSEnabled

      public Email setStartTLSEnabled(boolean startTlsEnabled)
      Sets or disable the STARTTLS encryption.
      Parameters:
      startTlsEnabled - true if STARTTLS requested, false otherwise
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the mail session is already initialized
      Since:
      1.3

    • setStartTLSRequired

      public Email setStartTLSRequired(boolean startTlsRequired)
      Sets or disable the required STARTTLS encryption.

      Defaults to smtpPort; can be overridden by using setSmtpPort(int)

      Parameters:
      startTlsRequired - true if STARTTLS requested, false otherwise
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the mail session is already initialized
      Since:
      1.3

    • setSubject

      public Email setSubject(String aSubject)
      Sets the email subject. Replaces end-of-line characters with spaces.
      Parameters:
      aSubject - A String.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Since:
      1.0

    • setTo

      public Email setTo(Collection<InternetAddress> collection) throws EmailException
      Sets a list of "TO" addresses. All elements in the specified Collection are expected to be of type java.mail.internet.InternetAddress.
      Parameters:
      collection - collection of InternetAddress objects.
      Returns:
      An Email.
      Throws:
      EmailException - Indicates an invalid email address.
      Since:
      1.0
      See Also:

    • toInternetAddressArray

      protected InternetAddress[] toInternetAddressArray(List<InternetAddress> list)
      Converts to copy List of known InternetAddress objects into an array.
      Parameters:
      list - A List.
      Returns:
      An InternetAddress[].
      Since:
      1.0

    • updateContentType

      public void updateContentType(String contentType)
      Updates the contentType.
      Parameters:
      contentType - aContentType
      Since:
      1.2