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

You need to change:

message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(FROM));

to

message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(FROM, "Company XYZ"));

Documentation: Class InternetAddress

InternetAddress

public InternetAddress(String address,
                   String personal)
                   throws UnsupportedEncodingException 

Construct an InternetAddress given the address and personal name. The address is assumed to be a syntactically valid RFC822 address.

Parameters:

address - the address in RFC822 format

personal - the personal name

Throws: UnsupportedEncodingException