With JavaMail, you specify the mail sending and receiving-related settings as session properties when the javax.mail.Session class is created.

The session properties include the following types:

• Session properties provided with JavaMail APIs
• Session properties provided by the SMTP provider and SMTPS provider stated in the JavaMail specifications
• Session properties provided by the POP3 provider stated in the JavaMail specifications
• SMTP provider and SMTPS provider-specific session properties
• POP3 provider-specific session properties

The values set for the session properties must be specified as character strings enclosed within " (double quotation marks).

Note that this subsection describes the SMTP provider and SMTPS provider-specific session properties and the POP3 provider-specific session properties.

Organization of this section

8.2.1 Session properties for connecting to the SMTP server

8.2.2 Session properties for connecting to the POP3 server