How do I set the “name” attribute in an email

Question

I am sending mail with Java mail and an SMTP server. I want to be able to change the \"name\" that the recipient sees when they get an email message - not simply the prefix of t

Answer 1

Typical address syntax is of the form "user@host.domain" or "Personal Name ".
You can use the same syntax for both FROM and TO field addresses.

Example:
Change following statement:
String[] to = {"mygmail@gmail.com","me@myservercom"};
to
String[] to = {"Recipient1 Name ","My Name "};

You can also construct InternetAddress objects passing respective e-mailID and personal names as arguments.
Example:

String FROM = "my.email.id@my.server.domain";  
InternetAddress from = new InternetAddress( FROM, "Ravinder" );  

Recipient will see sender name for display as "Ravinder" instead of "my.email.id@my.server.domain"

Reference: javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress