I want to send a mail using mailx(unix) in java code

[aemi]

Hi All,

I am trying to send a mail using shell script as for that java will be
a bit bulkier , so I Am using mailx command of unix
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Process proc;
proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("mailx -s "+ msg
+"'(e-mail address removed)'");
}catch(IOException e)
{System.out.println(" Error Occured "+e);}

is there anything wrong with this coz I am getting

an error msg like

Error Occured java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: mailx -s Mismatch
occured'(e-mail address removed)' error=2

 

[Manish Pandit]

Process proc;

proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("mailx -s "+ msg
+"'(e-mail address removed)'");
}catch(IOException e)
{System.out.println(" Error Occured "+e);}

is there anything wrong with this coz I am getting

an error msg like

Error Occured java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: mailx -s Mismatch
occured'(e-mail address removed)' error=2

Try using the other Runtime.exec method - the one that takes an array
of arguments.

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Runtime.html#exec(java.lang.String[])

-cheers,
Manish

 

[Nigel Wade]

Hi All,

I am trying to send a mail using shell script as for that java will be
a bit bulkier , so I Am using mailx command of unix
.
.
.
.
.
------previous code----
.
.
.
Process proc;
proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("mailx -s "+ msg
+"'(e-mail address removed)'");
}catch(IOException e)
{System.out.println(" Error Occured "+e);}

is there anything wrong with this coz I am getting

an error msg like

Error Occured java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: mailx -s Mismatch
occured'(e-mail address removed)' error=2

Are you intending to send the entire "message" as the subject? That's what you
are doing. You are also assuming that mailx is on the current path.

You have not enclosed the subject in quotes on the command line, the -s flag
only accepts a single argument so everything else is taken to be a list of
recipients, and you have left no space between the subject and the recipient so
the actual recipient is being prefixed by the final word in the subject. You
would eliminate these problems if you use the Runtime.exec(String[]) method
i.e:
Runtime.getRuntime.exec(new String[] { "mailx", "-s", msg,
"(e-mail address removed)"});

 

[Greg R. Broderick]

I am trying to send a mail using shell script as for that java will be
a bit bulkier , so I Am using mailx command of unix

Use JavaMail instead, that way your code will work on multiple platforms and
will give you a lot more control over the mail that you send.

See <http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/downloads/index.html>.

Cheers
GRB

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