Send email with an attachmentTag(s): Networking
In this example, Elvis is sending a GIF of his old Gumby friend. The attachment is encodded using the BASE64 algorithm.
In this example, we are sending as attachment this image :
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
public class TestMailMIME {
static int SMTPport = 25;
static Socket socket;
static DataInputStream in;
static DataOutputStream out;
static PrintStream prout;
/* Name of file to be sent. */
String FileName = "gumby.gif";
public static void main(String s[]) {
/*
** TestMailMIME [server] [recipient]
*/
TestMailMIME t = new TestMailMIME();
t.sendMail(s[0], s[1]);
}
public void sendMail(String mailServer, String recipient) {
System.out.println("Send mail with attached file ");
try {
Socket s = new Socket(mailServer, 25);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
(new InputStreamReader(s.getInputStream(), "8859_1"));
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter
(new OutputStreamWriter(s.getOutputStream(), "8859_1"));
String boundary = "DataSeparatorString";
// here you are supposed to send your username
sendln(in, out, "HELO theWorld");
// warning : some mail server validate the sender address
// in the MAIL FROM command, put your real address here
sendln(in, out, "MAIL FROM: ");
sendln(in, out, "RCPT TO: <" + recipient + ">" );
// to have more than one recipient, repeat
// sendln(in, out, "RCPT TO: <" + recipient2 + ">" );
// sendln(in, out, "RCPT TO: <" + recipient3 + ">" );
// etc...
// thanks to P-Y Colle for the tip!
sendln(in, out, "DATA");
sendln(out, "MIME-Version: 1.0");
sendln(out, "Subject: remember me");
sendln(out, "From: Elvis Presley <Elvis.Presley@jailhouse.rock>");
sendln
(out, "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"" + boundary +"\"");
sendln(out, "\r\n--" + boundary);
// Send the body
sendln(out, "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"us-ascii\"\r\n");
sendln(out, "I'm alive. Help me!\r\n\r\n");
sendln(out, "\r\n--" + boundary );
// send the GIF
sendln(out, "Content-Type:image/gif; name="+FileName);
sendln
(out, "Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=\""+FileName+"\"");
sendln(out, "Content-transfer-encoding: base64\r\n");
MIMEBase64.encode(FileName, out);
sendln(out, "\r\n--" + boundary);
sendln(out, "\r\n\r\n--" + boundary + "--\r\n");
sendln(in, out,".");
sendln(in, out, "QUIT");
s.close();
}
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void sendln(BufferedReader in, BufferedWriter out, String s) {
try {
out.write(s + "\r\n");
out.flush();
// System.out.println(s);
s = in.readLine();
// System.out.println(s);
}
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void sendln(BufferedWriter out, String s) {
try {
out.write(s + "\r\n");
out.flush();
System.out.println(s);
}
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
And the MIMEBase64 class
import java.io.*;
public class MIMEBase64 {
/*
Base64 uses a 65 character subset of US-ASCII,
allowing 6 bits for each character so the character
"m" with a Base64 value of 38, when represented
in binary form, is 100110.
With a text string, let's say "men" is encoded this
is what happens :
The text string is converted into its US-ASCII value.
The character "m" has the decimal value of 109
The character "e" has the decimal value of 101
The character "n" has the decimal value of 110
When converted to binary the string looks like this :
m 01101101
e 01100101
n 01101110
These three "8-bits" are concatenated to make a
24 bit stream
011011010110010101101110
This 24 bit stream is then split up into 4 6-bit
sections
011011 010110 010101 101110
We now have 4 values. These binary values are
converted to decimal form
27 22 21 46
And the corresponding Base64 character are :
b W V u
The encoding is always on a three characters basis
(to have a set of 4 Base64 characters). To encode one
or two then, we use the special character "=" to pad
until 4 base64 characters is reached.
ex. encode "me"
01101101 01100101
0110110101100101
011011 010110 0101
111111 (AND to fill the missing bits)
011011 010110 010100
b W U
b W U = ("=" is the padding character)
so "bWU=" is the base64 equivalent.
encode "m"
01101101
011011 01
111111 (AND to fill the missing bits)
011011 010000
b Q = = (two paddings are added)
Finally, MIME specifies that lines are 76 characters wide maximum.
*/
static String BaseTable[] = {
"A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M","N","O","P",
"Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z","a","b","c","d","e","f",
"g","h","i","j","k","l","m","n","o","p","q","r","s","t","u","v",
"w","x","y","z","0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","+","/"
};
public static void encode(String filename, BufferedWriter out) {
try {
File f = new File(filename);
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(filename);
// read the entire file into the byte array
byte bytes[] = new byte[(int)(f.length())];
int n = fin.read(bytes);
if (n < 1) return; // no bytes to encode!?!
byte buf[] = new byte[4]; // array of base64 characters
int n3byt = n / 3; // how 3 bytes groups?
int nrest = n % 3; // the remaining bytes from the grouping
int k = n3byt * 3; // we are doing 3 bytes at a time
int linelength = 0; // current linelength
int i = 0; // index
// do the 3-bytes groups ...
while ( i < k ) {
buf[0] = (byte)(( bytes[i] & 0xFC) >> 2);
buf[1] = (byte)(((bytes[i] & 0x03) << 4) |
((bytes[i+1] & 0xF0) >> 4));
buf[2] = (byte)(((bytes[i+1] & 0x0F) << 2) |
((bytes[i+2] & 0xC0) >> 6));
buf[3] = (byte)( bytes[i+2] & 0x3F);
send(out, BaseTable[buf[0]]);
send(out, BaseTable[buf[1]]);
send(out, BaseTable[buf[2]]);
send(out, BaseTable[buf[3]]);
/*
The above code can be written in more "optimized"
way. Harder to understand but more compact.
Thanks to J. Tordera for the tip!
buf[0]= (byte)(b[i] >> 2);
buf[1]= (byte)(((b[i] & 0x03) << 4)|(b[i+1]>> 4));
buf[2]= (byte)(((b[i+1] & 0x0F)<< 2)|(b[i+2]>> 6));
buf[3]= (byte)(b[i+2] & 0x3F);
send(out,BaseTable[buf[0]]+BaseTable[buf[1]]+
BaseTable[buf[2]]+BaseTable[buf[3]]);
*/
if ((linelength += 4) >= 76) {
send(out, "\r\n");
linelength = 0;
}
i += 3;
}
// deals with with the padding ...
if (nrest==2) {
// 2 bytes left
buf[0] = (byte)(( bytes[k] & 0xFC) >> 2);
buf[1] = (byte)(((bytes[k] & 0x03) << 4) |
((bytes[k+1] & 0xF0) >> 4));
buf[2] = (byte)(( bytes[k+1] & 0x0F) << 2);
}
else if (nrest==1) {
// 1 byte left
buf[0] = (byte)((bytes[k] & 0xFC) >> 2);
buf[1] = (byte)((bytes[k] & 0x03) << 4);
}
if (nrest > 0) {
// send the padding
if ((linelength += 4) >= 76) send(out, "\r\n");
send(out, BaseTable[buf[0]]);
send(out, BaseTable[buf[1]]);
// Thanks to R. Claerman for the bug fix here!
if (nrest==2) {
send(out, BaseTable[buf[2]]);
}
else {
send(out, "=");
}
send(out, "=");
}
out.flush();
}
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void send(BufferedWriter out, String s) {
try {
out.write(s);
System.out.print(s);
}
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}...
/* Name of files to be sent. */
String FileName1 = "gumby.gif";
String FileName2 = "gumby.txt";
...
public void sendMail(String mailServer, String recipient) {
System.out.println("Send mail with attached file");
try {
Socket s = new Socket(mailServer, 25);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
(new InputStreamReader(s.getInputStream(), "8859_1"));
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter
(new OutputStreamWriter(s.getOutputStream(), "8859_1"));
String boundary = "DataSeparatorString";
// here you are supposed to send your username
sendln(in, out, "HELO world");
sendln(in, out, "MAIL FROM: <real@gagnon.com>");
sendln(in, out, "RCPT TO: <" + recipient + ">" );
sendln(in, out, "DATA");
sendln(out, "MIME-Version: 1.0");
sendln(out, "Subject: remember me");
sendln(out, "From: Elvis Presley <Elvis.Presley@jailhouse.rock<");
sendln
(out,"Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"" + boundary +"\"");
sendln(out, "\r\n--" + boundary);
// send the GIF
sendln(out, "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"us-ascii\"\r\n");
sendln(out, "I'm alive. Help me!\n\n");
sendln(out, "\r\n" + "--" + boundary );
sendln(out, "Content-Type:image/gif; name="+FileName1);
sendln
(out, "Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=\""+FileName1+"\"");
sendln(out, "Content-transfer-encoding: base64\r\n");
MIMEBase64.encode(FileName1, out);
sendln(out, "\r\n--" + boundary);
// the text file
sendln(out, "Content-Type: text/plain; name="+FileName2);
sendln(out, "Content-Disposition: inline;filename=\""+FileName2+"\"");
// to send the file as an attachment instead of "inline" use :
// sendln
// (out, "Content-Type: text/plain; name="+FileName2);
// sendln
// (out,"Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=\""+FileName2+"\"");
sendln(out, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n");
MIMEBase64.encode(FileName2, out);
sendln(out, "\r\n\r\n--" + boundary + "--\r\n");
// done
sendln(in, out,".");
sendln(in, out, "QUIT");
s.close();
}
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
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