Thread: Sending and Receiving mail using J2ME without server

Good morning chals,

I found this code which is a simple Email client for J2ME. It should be what you are looking for..

/*Midlet running on device*/
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import javax.microedition.midlet.MIDlet;
import javax.microedition.midlet.MIDletStateChangeException;
import javax.microedition.io.*;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintStream;
 
 
public class CheckMail extends MIDlet implements CommandListener {
    private String MAIL_SERVER_URL = 
            "http://localhost:8080/examples/servlet/CheckMailServlet?";
    private int MSG_LIST_SIZE = 5;
    Display display = null;
    List menu = null;
    List dmenu = null;
    TextBox input = null;
    String[] msgs = new String[MSG_LIST_SIZE];
    String user = null;
 
    int status = 0;
    Command backCommand = new Command("Back", Command.BACK, 0);
    Command submitCommand = new Command("Submit", Command.OK, 2);
    Command exitCommand = new Command("Exit", Command.STOP, 3);
 
    public CheckMail() { }
 
    public void startApp()  throws MIDletStateChangeException {
        display = Display.getDisplay(this);
        displayMenu();
    }
 
    public void pauseApp() { }
 
    public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) {
        notifyDestroyed();
    }
 
    public void commandAction(Command c,  Displayable d) {
        if(c == exitCommand ) {
            destroyApp(true);
        } else if (c == backCommand) {
            handleBack();
        } else if (c == submitCommand) {
            user = input.getString();
            retreiveMail(0, null);
        } else if (d == dmenu) {
            handleMainMenu();
        } else if (d == menu) {
            handleMsgMenu();
        } else
            loginUser();
    }
 
    /* Display Main Screen */
    private void displayMenu() {
        dmenu = new List("Check Email", Choice.IMPLICIT);
        if (user == null)
            dmenu.append("Login", null);
        else
            dmenu.append("Logout", null);
        dmenu.append("Check Mail", null);
        dmenu.addCommand(exitCommand);
        dmenu.setCommandListener(this);
        display.setCurrent(dmenu);
        status = 0;
    }
 
    /* This method takes users Mail ID and password*/
    private void loginUser() {
        input = new TextBox(
                "Enter Login Name/Password (Seperate by /) :", "", 25, 
                TextField.ANY);
 
        input.addCommand(submitCommand);
        input.addCommand(backCommand);
        input.setCommandListener(this);
        display.setCurrent(input);
    }
 
        /* This method retrieves Message with msgNum and
        if no MsgNum, displays the list of all msgs*/
    private void retreiveMail(int s, String msgNum) {
 
        String popURL = MAIL_SERVER_URL + "u=" + user;
        if (s == 0)
            popURL = popURL // Login
                    if (s == 1)
                        // List messages
                        popURL = popURL + "&s=" + msgNum + "&a=l"; 
                    else if (s == 2)
                        // Retreive message with i = msgNum
                        popURL = popURL + "&i=" + msgNum + "&a=r"; 
 
            StreamConnection c = null;
            InputStream is=null;
            StringBuffer sb = null;
            String err = null;
 
            try {
                c = (StreamConnection)Connector.open(popURL, 
                        Connector.READ_WRITE);
 
                is = c.openInputStream();
                int ch;
                sb = new StringBuffer();
                while ((ch = is.read()) != -1) {
                    sb.append((char)ch);
                }
            } catch(Exception  ex){ err = ex.getMessage(); } finally {
                try {
                    if(is!= null) {is.close(); }
                    if(c != null) {c.close(); }
                } catch(Exception exp) { err = exp.getMessage(); }
            }
 
            if (err == null) {
                if (s == 0) {
                    user = sb.toString();
 
                    if (user.indexOf("INVALIDUSR") >= 0) {
                        user = null;
                        showAlert("Invalid User Name and Password");
                    } else {
                        input = null;
                        dmenu = null;
                        displayMenu();
                    }
                } else if (s == 1) // For retreiving the list
                    showMList(sb.toString());
                else // s ==2, show Message
                    showMsg(sb.toString());
            } else
                showAlert(err); // Need to Show Error Page
    }
 
    /* Display the selected Message*/
    private void showMsg(String msg) {
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(200);
        int delim = 'ß';
        int j = msg.indexOf(delim);
        int i =0;
 
        // Get's FROM
        buffer.append(msg.substring(0,j )); 
        for (int k=0;k<4;k++) {
            i = j+1;
            j = msg.indexOf(delim, i);
            // Get's TO, CC, Subject, Date
            buffer.append(msg.substring(i,j )); 
        }
        // Rest of the Message
        buffer.append("\n" + msg.substring(j+1 )); 
        showAlert(buffer.toString());
    }
 
    /* Display Error On screen*/
    private void showAlert(String err) {
        Alert a = new Alert("");
        a.setString(err);
        a.setTimeout(Alert.FOREVER);
        display.setCurrent(a);
    }
 
    /* Display MessageList of User*/
    private void showMList(String msgStr) {
        for (int i=0;i<MAX_LIST_SIZE;i++) {
            msgs[i] = "";
        }
        menu = new List("Messages", Choice.IMPLICIT);
        int delim = 'ß';
        String sub = null;
        int i =0;
        int k = 0;
        int l =0;
        int j =msgStr.indexOf(delim);
        while( j >= 0) {
            sub = msgStr.substring(i,j);
            if ((k % 2) == 0) {
                msgs[l] = sub; // First would be Message Number
                l++;
            } else
                menu.append(sub, null);
            k++;
            i = j + 1;
            j = msgStr.indexOf(delim, i);   // Rest of substrings
        }
        sub = msgStr.substring(i); // Last substring
        menu.append(sub, null);
        menu.addCommand(backCommand);
        menu.addCommand(exitCommand);
        menu.setCommandListener(this);
        status = 1;
        display.setCurrent(menu);
    }
 
    private void handleBack() {
        if (status == 1) {
            dmenu = null;
            displayMenu();
        } else
            display.setCurrent(menu);
    }
 
    private void handleMainMenu() {
        int index = dmenu.getSelectedIndex();
        switch(index) {
            case 0 :
                if (user != null) {
                    retreiveMail(1, "0");
                    break;
                }
            case 1 :
                status = 1;
                loginUser();
                break;
            case 2 :
                break;
        }
    }
 
    private void handleMsgMenu() {
        int index = menu.getSelectedIndex();
        if (!msgs[index].equals("")) {
            retreiveMail(2, msgs[index]); // Retreive Mail
        }
    }
}
 
/*Servlet communicating with Mail server*/
import java.io.*;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.Vector;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
 
public class CheckMailServlet extends HttpServlet {
    private static String  MSG_NOMAIL = "NOMAIL";
    private static String  MSG_INVALID_USER = "INVALIDUSR";
    private static String  MSG_CRITCAL_ERR = "UNEXPECTEDERROR";
 
    public CheckMailServlet() {
        String hostname = "yourserver.com"
                // Get system properties
                Properties props = System.getProperties();
        props.put("mail.pop3.host", "hostname");
        Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
        Store store = session.getStore("pop3");
    }
 
    /*Get the request parameters */
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, 
            HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
 
        try {
            String action = request.getParameter("a");
            if(action == null)
                doLogin(request, response);
            else if(action.equals("r")) //retrieve
                doRetrieve(request, response);
            else if(action.equals("l")) //List
                doList(request, response);
        } catch(Exception e) {
            PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
            writer.println(MSG_CRITCAL_ERR);
            writer.flush();
        }
    }
 
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, 
            HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
 
        doGet(request, response);
    }
 
    /* performs login for user and returns status*/
    private void doLogin(HttpServletRequest request, 
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, 
            IOException, MessagingException {
 
        String uid = request.getParameter("u");
        String pwd, tmpUID ;
        String responeStr = null;
        if ((uid == null) || (uid.equals("")) ) {
            responeStr = MSG_INVALID_USER;
        } else {
            int j =uid.indexOf('/');
            if (j > 0) {
                tmpUID = uid.substring(0,j);
                pwd = uid.substring(j+1);
                if(login(tmpUID,pwd)) {
                    responeStr = tmpUID;
                    flag = true;
                } else
                    responeStr = MSG_INVALID_USER;
            } else
                responeStr = MSG_INVALID_USER;
        }
        PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
        writer.print(responeStr);
        writer.flush();
    }
 
    public boolean login(String uid, String pwd) // login
    {
        store.connect(hostname,uid,pwd);
        if (store.isConnected()) {
            return true;
        } else
            return false;
    }
 
    /* List all messages from Inbox*/
    private void doList(HttpServletRequest request, 
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, 
            IOException, MessagingException {
 
        String uid = request.getParameter("u");
        String responeStr = "";
        MailLister lister = null;
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(200);
        try {
            lister = getMailLister(uid);
        } catch(Exception exp) {
            throw new ServletException(exp.getMessage());
        }
        if ( (lister != null) &&  (lister.size() > 0)) {
            Vector vect = lister.keys();
            int listSize =  vect.size();
            int endingNum = (listSize > 8) ? (listSize - 8) : 0;
            for (int j = listSize-1; j>=endingNum; j--) {
                String curKey = (String)vect.elementAt(j);
                String msgString = (String)lister.get(curKey);
                if (j != endingNum)
                    buffer.append( curKey + "ß" + msgString + "ß");
                else
                    buffer.append(curKey + "ß" + msgString);
            }
            responeStr =  buffer.toString();
        } else
            responeStr = MSG_NOMAIL;
        PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
        writer.print(responeStr);
        writer.flush();
    }
 
    /* Stores all messages in Hashtable */
    private MailLister getMailLister(String uid) throws Exception {
        MailLister lister = null;
        int j =uid.indexOf('/');
        String ud;
        String pwd;
        if (j > 0) {
            ud = uid.substring(0,j);
            pwd = uid.substring(j+1);
            if(login(ud,pwd)) {
                // Open the Folder
                Folder folder = store.getDefaultFolder();
                if (folder == null) {
                    System.out.println("No default folder");
                    return null;
                }
                folder = folder.getFolder("INBOX");
                if (folder == null) {
                    System.out.println("Invalid folder");
                    return null;
                }
                folder.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
                // Get directory
                Message message[] = folder.getMessages();
                lister = new MailLister()
                for (int i=0, n=message.length; i<n; i++) {
                    Message m = folder.getMessage(i);
                    lister.put(m,i);
                }
            } else
                return lister;
        } else
            return lister;
        return lister;
    }
 
    /* Retrieve Selected Mail from Inbox with msgID*/
    private void doRetrieve(HttpServletRequest request, 
            HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, 
            IOException, MessagingException {
 
        String msgId = request.getParameter("i");
        String uid = request.getParameter("u");
        try {
            Message msg = getMessageFromStore(msgId, uid);
            if (msg == null)
                throw new ServletException(
                        "Could not Load the Message File");
            writeMessage(msg, request, response, uid, msgId);
        } catch(Exception exp) {
            throw new ServletException(exp.getMessage());
        }
    }
 
    private String getMsgHeading(Message msg) throws Exception {
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(300);
        buffer.append("From:");
        getAddressesList(msg.getFrom(), buffer);
        buffer.append("    To:");
        getAddressesList(
                msg.getRecipients(javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.TO), 
                                  buffer);
 
        buffer.append("    Subject:");
        buffer.append(msg.getSubject());
        buffer.append("    Date:");
        buffer.append(msg.getSentDate());
        return buffer.toString();
    }
 
    /* This method gives the name and email of person*/
    private void getAddressesList(Address addresses[], StringBuffer buffer)
    throws Exception {
        String uName;
        String uEmail;
        if(addresses != null) {
            for(int i = 0; i < addresses.length; i++) {
                buffer.append(addresses[i] + ";");
            }
        }
    }
 
    /* write Message according to MIME type and send to mobile screen*/
    protected void writeMessage(Message msg, HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response, String uid, String msgId)
            throws Exception {
        if(msg.isMimeType("multipart/*")) {
            Multipart multipart = (Multipart)msg.getContent();
            int msgPartCount = multipart.getCount();
            StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(200);
            for(int i = 0; i < msgPartCount; i++) {
                Part p = multipart.getBodyPart(i);
                if (i == 0) {
                    buffer.append(getMsgHeading(msg));
                }
                if(p.isMimeType("text/plain")) {
                    String content = (String)p.getContent();
                    buffer.append(content.trim());
                } else {
                    String filename = p.getFileName();
                    buffer.append(" ---  Has attachement " + filename);
                }
                if (i == (msgPartCount-1)) {
                    response.setContentType("text/plain");
                    PrintWriter writer = null;
                    writer = response.getWriter();
                    writer.print(removeExtraChar(buffer.toString(), '\n'));
                    writer.flush();
                }
            }
        } else if(msg.isMimeType("text/plain")) {
            printAscii(response, (String)msg.getContent() , msg);
        } else // For HTML or another type of Content
        {
            writePart(msg, -1, response);
        }
    }
 
    private void printAscii(HttpServletResponse response, 
            String currentText, Message msg ) throws Exception {
        PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
        if (currentText.length() > 1500)
            currentText = currentText.substring(0,1500);
        writer.print(getMsgHeading(msg) + currentText);
        writer.flush();
    }
 
    private Message getMessageFromStore(String msgUID, String uid) 
        throws Exception {
 
        MailLister lister = getMailLister(uid)
        if(lister != null) {
            return lister.get(msgUID);
        } else
            return null;
    }
 
    private void writePart(Message msg, int partnr, 
            HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
 
        Part p = msg;
        String responseStr ;
        if (p.isMimeType("text/html")) {
            String str = (String)p.getContent();
            if (str.length() > 1500)
                str = str.substring(0,1500);
            responseStr = removeHTMLFormatting(str);
            responseStr = removeExtraChar(responseStr, '\n');
        } else
            responseStr = "The MIME Type in which this mail exist is not"+
                          " supported on J2ME Phone";
 
        response.setContentType("text/plain");
        PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
        writer.print(getMsgHeading(msg) + responseStr);
        writer.flush();
    }
 
    private String removeHTMLFormatting(String str) {
        boolean insideTag = false;
        String token;
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(200);
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer( str , "<>", true);
        while( st.hasMoreTokens() ) {
            token = st.nextToken();
            if ( token.equals( "<" ) )
                insideTag = true;
            else if ( token.equals( ">" ) )
                insideTag = false;
            else if ( insideTag == false )
                buffer.append( token );
        }
        return buffer.toString();
    }
 
    private String removeExtraChar(String str, int delim) {
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(200);
        // First substring
        int j =str.indexOf(delim);  
        int i = 0;
        while( j >= 0) {
            // Add some extra space
            buffer.append("    " + str.substring(i,j)); 
            i = j + 1;
            j = str.indexOf(delim, i);   // Rest of substrings
        }
        buffer.append(str.substring(i)); // Last substring
        return buffer.toString();
    }
 
        /* This class stores all messages in Hashtable and retrieves them
                according to given key*/
    public class MailLister implements  java.io.Serializable {
        private Hashtable hash;
        private Vector vect;
        public MailLister() {
            vect = new Vector();
            hash = new Hashtable(vect.capacity());
        }
 
        public Object get(Object obj) {
            return hash.get(obj);
        }
 
        public void put(Object key, Object val) {
            if(!vect.contains(key))
                vect.insertElementAt(key, vect.size());
            hash.put(key, val);
        }
    }
 
}

I have no experience with this chals so I can't personally offer any more advice.

Does the JavaMail API help?

JavaMail API

Originally Posted by chals

Can i user web services for j2me mail?

Yes there is a J2ME web services API.

Take a look at the Java ME SDK 3.0. I believe it's included.

Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC (formerly known as Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) Wireless Toolkit)