I am writing a simple java program which can check my gmail inbox.I followed the tutorials at http://www.tutorialspoint.com/javamail_api/javamail_api_checking_emails.html. But when i try to run this program
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.Folder;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.NoSuchProviderException;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Store;
public class CheckingMails {
public static void check(String host, String storeType, String user,
String password)
{
try {
//create properties field
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.put("mail.pop3.host", host);
properties.put("mail.pop3.port", "995");
properties.put("mail.pop3.starttls.enable", "true");
Session emailSession = Session.getDefaultInstance(properties);
//create the POP3 store object and connect with the pop server
Store store = emailSession.getStore("pop3s");
store.connect(host, user, password);
//create the folder object and open it
Folder emailFolder = store.getFolder("INBOX");
emailFolder.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
// retrieve the messages from the folder in an array and print it
Message[] messages = emailFolder.getMessages();
System.out.println("messages.length---" + messages.length);
for (int i = 0, n = messages.length; i < n; i++) {
Message message = messages[i];
System.out.println("---------------------------------");
System.out.println("Email Number " + (i + 1));
System.out.println("Subject: " + message.getSubject());
System.out.println("From: " + message.getFrom()[0]);
System.out.println("Text: " + message.getContent().toString());
}
//close the store and folder objects
emailFolder.close(false);
store.close();
} catch (NoSuchProviderException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (MessagingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String host = "pop.gmail.com";// change accordingly
String mailStoreType = "pop3";
String username = "yourmail@gmail.com";// change accordingly
String password = "*****";// change accordingly
check(host, mailStoreType, username, password);
}
}
I get the following error
javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: [AUTH] Web login required: https://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=78754
at com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3Store.protocolConnect(POP3Store.java:209)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:364)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:245)
at CheckingMails.check(CheckingMails.java:38)
at CheckingMails.main(CheckingMails.java:78)
But when i enable "Access for less secured apps" in my gmail account,this works perfectly.How do i solve this problem. This question is similar to Can send emails through Gmail account only if account has "Access for less secure apps" enabled but it doesnt have an answer there!
