Setting the from name in a javax.mail.MimeMessage?

Question

Currently, our application uses a javax.mail to send email, using javax.mail.MailMessage. We set the From headers of the email this way:

Message msg = new MimeMessage(mailSession);
msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress("[email protected]"));

This works just fine, but we'd like to make the "From" section a little more user-friendly. Currently, someone receiving an email will see "[email protected]" in the "From" section of their inbox. Instead, we'd like them to see "Company XYZ" there. I figure this is probably done with the addHeader() method, but I'm not sure what the header name would be.

Solution 1

OK, reading documentation about ALL the classes involved would have been helpful. The correct syntax should be

Message msg = new MimeMessage(mailSession);
msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress("[email protected]", "Company XYZ"));

Source: https://javamail.java.net/nonav/docs/api/javax/mail/internet/InternetAddress.html

Solution 2

If you want to store the email + the name in one string (easier than keeping two string):

Message msg = new MimeMessage(mailSession);
msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress("Company XYZ <[email protected]>"));

Solution 3

In case when I used localized text with special characters like \u00FA I had problems with encoding email address alias for some pop3 clients if I'd used just

MimeMessage m = new MimeMessage(session);
m.setFrom();

It can be resolved by separate email address and alias by invoke:

MimeMessage m = new MimeMessage(session);
            m.setFrom(new InternetAddress(session.getProperty("mail.from"), session.getProperty("mail.from.alias"),"UTF8"));

ref: https://javamail.java.net/nonav/docs/api/javax/mail/internet/InternetAddress.html#InternetAddress(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String)

Solution 4

ic = new InitialContext();

final Session session = (Session) ic.lookupLink(snName);
final Properties props = session.getProperties();

props.put("mail.from", mailFrom); //[email protected]
props.put("mail.from.alias", mailName);//"joao Ninguem"

// Create a message with the specified information.
final MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session);
msg.setSubject(subject);
msg.setSentDate(new Date());

msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(session.getProperty("mail.from"), session.getProperty("mail.from.alias"), "UTF8"));


msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, InternetAddress.parse(mailTo, false));
msg.setContent(body, "text/html");

// Create a transport.
Transport.send(msg);

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Comments

[brady]

It might be worth testing whether "Company XYZ <[email protected]>" allows you to use the IntenetAddress(String, boolean) constructor to strictly check the address syntax but still have a personal name.

[Jagger]

+1 because this solution works also with SimpleMimeMessage of Spring Mail, where no instance of MimeMessage can be accessed and no InternetAddress is used directly. It operates only on strings.

[clinomaniac]

Please explain a bit about what you are doing as well.