package javax mail and javax mail internet do not exist

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When I compile a simple code that has the following 2 import statements   import javax mail    import javax mail internet    I get the following message   package javax mail does not exist   package javax mail internet does not exist  Why do I get this error   Here is the code I have   import javax mail    import javax mail internet    import java util     class tester    public static void main String args         Properties props   new Properties       props put  mail smtp com     smtp gmail com       Session session    Session getDefaultInstance  props   null      String to    me gmail com      String from    from gmail com      String subject    Testing         Message msg   new MimeMessage session       try         msg setFrom new InternetAddress from          msg setRecipient Message RecipientType TO   new InternetAddress to          msg setSubject subject         msg setText  Working fine              catch Exception exc

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You need to download the JavaMail API  and put the relevant jar files in your classpath

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Had the same issue  Obviously these  jars were included with Java  lt   v8 x out of the box  but are not anymore  Thus one has to separately download them and place them in the appropriate classpath as highlighted by several folks above  I understand that the new Java is modularized and thus potentially more light-weight  which is certainly a good thing  since the old setup was a monster   On the other hand this - as we can see - breaks lots of old build setups  Since the time to fix these isn t chargeable to Oracle I guess this made their decision easy

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you need mail jar and activation jar to build javamail application

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If using maven  just add to your pom xml    lt dependency gt       lt groupId gt javax mail lt  groupId gt       lt artifactId gt mail lt  artifactId gt       lt version gt 1 5 0-b01 lt  version gt   lt  dependency gt    Of course  you need to check the current version

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you have to set the classpath of your mail jar and activation jar file like that   open the command prompt   c  user gt set classpath  classpath  d  jarfiles mail jar d  jarfiles activation jar      and if u don t have the both file then please download them here

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Download  javamail1 4 5 zip  file from http   www oracle com technetwork java javasebusiness downloads java-archive-downloads-eeplat-419426 html javamail-1 4 5-oth-JPR  Extract zip file and put the relevant jar file   mail jar   in the classpath

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For anyone still looking to use the aforementioned IMAP library but need to use gradle  simply add this line to your modules gradle file  not the main gradle file   compile group   javax mail   name   mail   version   1 4 1    The links to download the  jar file were dead for me  so had to go with an alternate route    Hope this helps

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Download the Java mail jars   Extract the downloaded file   Copy the  quot  jar quot  file and paste it into ProjectName WebContent WEB-INF lib folder  Right click on the Project and go to Properties  Select Java Build Path and then select Libraries  Add JARs     Select the  jar file from ProjectName WebContent WEB-INF lib and click OK that s all

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It might be that you do not have the necessary  jar files that give you access to the Java Mail API  These can be downloaded from here

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You need the javax mail jar library  Download it from the Java EE JavaMail GitHub page and add it to your IntelliJ project    Download javax mail jar Navigate to File  gt  Project Structure    Go to the Libraries tab Click on the   button  Add New Project Library  Browse to the javax mail jar file Click OK to apply the changes

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I just resolved this for myself  so hope this helps  My project runs on GlassFish 4  Eclipse MARS  with JDK 1 8 and JavaEE 7   Firstly  you can find javax mail jar in the extracted glassfish folder  glassfish4- gt glassfish- gt modules  Next  in Eclipse  Right Click on your project in the explorer and navigate the following  Properties- gt Java Build Path- gt Libraries- gt Add External JARs- gt  Go to the aforementioned folder to add javax mail jar

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Download javax mail jar and add it to your project using the following steps    Extract the mail jar file Right click the project node  JavaMail   click Properties to change properties of the project Now go to Libraries Tab  Click on Add JAR Folder Button  A window opens up  Browse to the location where you have unzipped your Mail jar Press ok  Compile your program to check whether the JAR files have been successfully included

[java] package javax.mail and javax.mail.internet do not exist

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