I've got gmail and yahoo working, but not hotmail. Here's what I have, what am I doing wrong?
private String mailhost = "smtp.live.com";
public hotmailSenderActivity(String user, String password) {
this.user = user;
this.password = password;
//This connects to the actual mailserver
Security.addProvider(new com.provider.JSSEProvider());
Properties props = new Properties();
props.setProperty("mail.transport.protocol", "smtp");
props.setProperty("mail.host", mailhost);
props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
props.put("mail.smtp.port", "587");
props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "587");
props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class",
"javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
props.put("smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
props.setProperty("mail.smtp.quitwait", "false");
session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, this);
I have tried port 25 + 587 without the SSL stuff. I have tried port 465 WITH the SSL stuff. The email and password are correct (Ive hard coded them to be sure).
I don't receive any errors... So whats the problem?
1) use debug output:
session.setDebug(true);
2) hotmail smtp server starts non-ssl connection on port 25 or 587, and uses starttls after initial connection; thus remove lines
props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "587");
props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
3) mimimum amount of settings is then:
props.setProperty("mail.transport.protocol", "smtp");
props.setProperty("mail.host", "smtp.live.com");
props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
this assumes port is 25, otherwise add props.put("mail.smtp.port", "587");
4) yet even nicer looks this:
...
props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props);
Transport trans = session.getTransport("smtp");
trans.connect("smtp.live.com", 25, "user", "pass");
now you're connected, use methods of Transport
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