How to open an email client and automatically attach file in java [duplicate]

Answer 1

JDIC provides some functionality to do this. Although much of JDIC was absorbed into java.awt.Desktop in Java 6, it didn't include the email composition bits. Unfortunately the JDIC binaries disappeared with the transition of java.net to the Kenai platform; I uploaded the most recent versions I could find to the project JIRA.

JDIC doesn't play well in OSGi, so I recently extracted the relevant MAPI bits into a bundle called jmapi.

Answer 2

I answered a nearly identical question here:

Start Mail-Client with Attachment?

Answer 3

If this is a client application you can take a look at the java.awt.Desktop class.

From the javadoc...

Launches the mail composing window of the user default mail client, filling the message fields specified by a mailto: URI.

A mailto: URI can specify message fields including "to", "cc", "subject", "body", etc. See The mailto URL scheme (RFC 2368) for the mailto: URI specification details.

This doesn't allow you to attach a file, but it will open up the user's mail client.

This link may be helpful... Using the Desktop API in Java SE 6

Answer 4

It depends on particular email clients, but &attachment parameter should work for at least some versions of Outlook.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767737(VS.85).aspx