Class AuthenticatingSMTPClient


An SMTP Client class with authentication support (RFC4954).
Since:
3.0
See Also:
  • Constructor Details

    • AuthenticatingSMTPClient

      The default AuthenticatingSMTPClient constructor. Creates a new Authenticating SMTP Client.
    • AuthenticatingSMTPClient

      public AuthenticatingSMTPClient(boolean implicit, SSLContext ctx)
      Overloaded constructor that takes the implicit argument, and using SMTPSClient.DEFAULT_PROTOCOL i.e. TLS
      Parameters:
      implicit - The security mode, true for implicit, false for explicit
      ctx - A pre-configured SSL Context.
      Since:
      3.3
    • AuthenticatingSMTPClient

      public AuthenticatingSMTPClient(String protocol)
      Overloaded constructor that takes a protocol specification
      Parameters:
      protocol - The protocol to use
    • AuthenticatingSMTPClient

      public AuthenticatingSMTPClient(String proto, boolean implicit)
      Overloaded constructor that takes a protocol specification and the implicit argument
      Parameters:
      proto - the protocol.
      implicit - The security mode, true for implicit, false for explicit
      Since:
      3.3
    • AuthenticatingSMTPClient

      public AuthenticatingSMTPClient(String proto, boolean implicit, String encoding)
      Overloaded constructor that takes the protocol specification, the implicit argument and encoding
      Parameters:
      proto - the protocol.
      implicit - The security mode, true for implicit, false for explicit
      encoding - the encoding
      Since:
      3.3
    • AuthenticatingSMTPClient

      public AuthenticatingSMTPClient(String protocol, String encoding)
      Overloaded constructor that takes a protocol specification and encoding
      Parameters:
      protocol - The protocol to use
      encoding - The encoding to use
      Since:
      3.3
  • Method Details

    • auth

      Authenticate to the SMTP server by sending the AUTH command with the selected mechanism, using the given user and the given password.
      Parameters:
      method - the method to use, one of the AuthenticatingSMTPClient.AUTH_METHOD enum values
      user - the user name. If the method is XOAUTH/XOAUTH2, then this is used as the plain text oauth protocol parameter string which is Base64-encoded for transmission.
      password - the password for the username. Ignored for XOAUTH/XOAUTH2.
      Returns:
      True if successfully completed, false if not.
      Throws:
      SMTPConnectionClosedException - If the SMTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send SMTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.
      IOException - If an I/O error occurs while either sending a command to the server or receiving a reply from the server.
      NoSuchAlgorithmException - If the CRAM hash algorithm cannot be instantiated by the Java runtime system.
      InvalidKeyException - If the CRAM hash algorithm failed to use the given password.
      InvalidKeySpecException - If the CRAM hash algorithm failed to use the given password.
    • ehlo

      public int ehlo(String hostname) throws IOException
      A convenience method to send the ESMTP EHLO command to the server, receive the reply, and return the reply code.
      Parameters:
      hostname - The hostname of the sender.
      Returns:
      The reply code received from the server.
      Throws:
      SMTPConnectionClosedException - If the SMTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send SMTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.
      IOException - If an I/O error occurs while either sending the command or receiving the server reply.
    • elogin

      public boolean elogin() throws IOException
      Login to the ESMTP server by sending the EHLO command with the client hostname as an argument. Before performing any mail commands, you must first login.
      Returns:
      True if successfully completed, false if not.
      Throws:
      SMTPConnectionClosedException - If the SMTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send SMTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.
      IOException - If an I/O error occurs while either sending a command to the server or receiving a reply from the server.
    • elogin

      public boolean elogin(String hostname) throws IOException
      Login to the ESMTP server by sending the EHLO command with the given hostname as an argument. Before performing any mail commands, you must first login.
      Parameters:
      hostname - The hostname with which to greet the SMTP server.
      Returns:
      True if successfully completed, false if not.
      Throws:
      SMTPConnectionClosedException - If the SMTP server prematurely closes the connection as a result of the client being idle or some other reason causing the server to send SMTP reply code 421. This exception may be caught either as an IOException or independently as itself.
      IOException - If an I/O error occurs while either sending a command to the server or receiving a reply from the server.
    • getEnhancedReplyCode

      public int[] getEnhancedReplyCode()
      Returns the integer values of the enhanced reply code of the last SMTP reply.
      Returns:
      The integer values of the enhanced reply code of the last SMTP reply. First digit is in the first array element.