Question

I am using code from on the earlier threads(have pasted the code below as well):

Getting mail from GMail into Java application using IMAP

How do I make this code work if I am behind a proxy?

The connection is getting timed out, I have tried to search for a solution but to no avail.

public static void main(String args[]) {

    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", email, password);
            System.out.println(store);

            Folder inbox = store.getFolder("Inbox");
            inbox.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
            Message messages[] = inbox.getMessages();
            for(Message message:messages) {
            System.out.println(message);
        }
    } catch (NoSuchProviderException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        System.exit(1);
    } catch (MessagingException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        System.exit(2);
    }

}

Thanks,
Chris.

Answer 1

Behind the proxy doesn’t stop you to connect to IMAP

There could be 2 reasons

1. The IMAP port is block by your network administrator
2. your IP is blocked/banned by Google

Thanks