Getting mail from GMail into Java application using IMAP

Question

I want to access messages in Gmail from a Java application using JavaMail and IMAP. Why am I getting a SocketTimeoutException ?

Here is my code:

Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.setProperty("mail.imap.host", "imap.gmail.com");
props.setProperty("mail.imap.port", "993");
props.setProperty("mail.imap.connectiontimeout", "5000");
props.setProperty("mail.imap.timeout", "5000");

try {
    Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, new MyAuthenticator());
    URLName urlName = new URLName("imap://[email protected]:[email protected]");
    Store store = session.getStore(urlName);
    if (!store.isConnected()) {
        store.connect();
    }
} catch (NoSuchProviderException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    System.exit(1);
} catch (MessagingException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    System.exit(2);
}

I have set the timeout values so that it wouldn't take "forever" to timeout. Also, MyAuthenticator also has the username and password, which seems redundant with the URL. Is there another way to specify the protocol? (I didn't see it in the JavaDoc for IMAP.)

Answer 1

Using imaps was a great suggestion. Neither of the answers provided just worked for me, so I googled some more and found something that worked. Here's how my code looks now.

Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.setProperty("mail.store.protocol", "imaps");
try {
  Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
  Store store = session.getStore("imaps");
  store.connect("imap.gmail.com", "<username>@gmail.com", "<password>");
  ...
} catch (NoSuchProviderException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
  System.exit(1);
} catch (MessagingException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
  System.exit(2);
}

This is nice because it takes the redundant Authenticator out of the picture. I'm glad this worked because the SSLNOTES.txt make my head spin.