Is there way to send email through JavaMail without implicity setting password in Java code (or properties file)?
Is there way to send email through JavaMail without implicity setting password in Java
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Is there way to send email through JavaMail without implicity setting password in Java code (or properties file)?
I assume that by “without implicity setting password in Java code “ you mean “without hardcoding the password such that others can see it”.
If your SMTP server requires a password then the client program (the one sending the emails) must provide it, and get it from somewhere. The three choices are
That’s about it. If your client is not running in a secure environment (where you control who has access to the properties file) it probably shouldn’t be accessing a secure service in this fashion.
One possible alternative is to write your own intermediate service. The client connects to your service, which can examine and discard anything inappropriate, and which connects to the real email server (with the password) only for those send attempts that pass verification. Your service wouldn’t need to implement SMTP; it could be a simple POST servlet.