javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: Invalid login
Hi,
I have a piece of code that works fine with imap but when I am using it for pop3 ,it doesn't work.
It gives the following exception.
javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: Invalid login
at com.sun.mail.pop3.POP3Store.protocolConnectPOP3Store.java:146)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:275)at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:156)
at mailDownload.MailReader.main(MailReader.java:30)
My Code :
package mailDownload;
import java.io.*;
import javax.mail.*;
public class MailReader
{
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception
{
String host = "xxx.xxx.com";
String username = "xxxx";
String password = "xxxx";
// Get session
Session session = Session.getInstance(System.getProperties(), null);
// Get the store
Store store = session.getStore("pop3");
System.out.println("Connecting... ");
store.connect(host, username, password);
// Get folder
System.out.println("reading the Inbox.. ");
Folder folder = store.getFolder("INBOX");
folder.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
...it continues...
Please help....
Thanks in advance..
Hari
> But with the same details I could retreive messages
> from the server using imap.
POP and IMAP support different authentication mechanisms. Your
server may be configured to require an authentication mechanism
that JavaMail supports for IMAP, but not for POP3. You probably
need to talk to your server administrator. The protocol trace might
give you some clues as well.
Properties pop3Props = new Properties();
pop3Props.setProperty("mail.pop3.port", "110");
URLName url = new URLName("pop3", "mailserveruerconnect.com", 110, "",
username, password);
session = Session.getInstance(pop3Props, null);
store = new POP3Store(session, url);
Message was edited by:
javaskilled
> I fixed this problem.....
>
> if ur user name is xyz@abc.com
>
> imap works with user name as xyz or xyz@abc.com
> but pop3 will work only if username is given
> xyz@abc.com .
That's not an attribute of the pop3 protocol, it's just the way
your pop3 server happens to work. But I'm glad you figured
it out.
> Properties pop3Props = new Properties();
> pop3Props.setProperty("mail.pop3.port", "110");
> URLName url = new URLName("pop3", "mailserveruerconnect.com", 110, "",
>username, password);
> session = Session.getInstance(pop3Props, null);
> store = new POP3Store(session, url);
I don't know what the point of posting this code was, but I want
to make sure people know that that is not the way to access
a pop3 store. The correct approach is illustrated in many sample
programs included with the JavaMail download bundle.
All you need is:
session = Session.getInstance(props, null);
store = session.getStore("pop3");
store.connect(host, user, password);
