How to create html mail using jsp

To create an HTML email using JSP, you can use the following steps:

  1. Create a JSP page: Create a new JSP page (e.g., email.jsp) and add the necessary HTML code to create the email template.
  2. Use a mail API: Use a JavaMail API (JavaMail API 1.6 or later) to send the email. You can add the JavaMail API to your project by including the following dependency in your pom.xml file (if you're using Maven):
    <dependency>
     <groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
     <artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
     <version>1.6.2</version>
    </dependency>
  3. Get the email content: In your JSP page, use a <jsp:useBean> tag to get the email content from a JavaBean or a database.
  4. Set the email headers: Use the javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage class to set the email headers, such as the subject, from, and to fields.
  5. Set the email body: Use the javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart class to set the email body, which can be an HTML string.
  6. Add attachments (optional): If you want to add attachments to the email, use the javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart class to create a multipart email.
  7. Send the email: Use the javax.mail.Transport class to send the email.

Here's an example of how you can create an HTML email using JSP:

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
<%@ page import="javax.mail.*, javax.mail.internet.*"%>

<jsp:useBean id="emailBean" class="com.example.EmailBean" scope="request"></jsp:useBean>

<%
    // Get the email content from the JavaBean
    String subject = emailBean.getSubject();
    String from = emailBean.getFrom();
    String to = emailBean.getTo();
    String body = emailBean.getBody();

    // Create a MimeMessage object
    MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session);

    // Set the email headers
    message.setSubject(subject);
    message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
    message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to));

    // Create a MimeBodyPart object
    MimeBodyPart bodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();

    // Set the email body
    bodyPart.setText(body, "UTF-8", "html");

    // Create a Multipart object
    Multipart multipart = new MimeMultipart();
    multipart.addBodyPart(bodyPart);

    // Set the email body
    message.setContent(multipart);

    // Send the email
    Transport.send(message);
%>

In this example, the EmailBean class is a JavaBean that contains the email content, such as the subject, from, to, and body. The JSP page uses the JavaMail API to create a MimeMessage object, set the email headers, and set the email body. Finally, the email is sent using the Transport class.

Note that this is just a basic example, and you may need to add additional functionality, such as error handling and logging, to your email sending code.