{"id":4301,"date":"2024-03-14T01:18:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T01:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-implement-email-sending-functionality-in-spring-boot\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T05:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T05:50:46","slug":"how-to-implement-email-sending-functionality-in-spring-boot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-implement-email-sending-functionality-in-spring-boot\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Boot Email Setup Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In SpringBoot, you can implement email functionality using Spring&#8217;s email sending module, spring-boot-starter-mail, and configure the relevant email sending information in the application.properties file.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, import the spring-boot-starter-mail dependency in the pom.xml file.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">dependency<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">groupId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>org.springframework.boot<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">groupId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">artifactId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>spring-boot-starter-mail<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">artifactId<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">dependency<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Then configure the relevant information for sending emails in the application.properties file, such as:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-attr\">spring.mail.host<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">smtp.example.com<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">spring.mail.port<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">587<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">spring.mail.username<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">your-email@example.com<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">spring.mail.password<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">your-email-password<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.auth<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">true<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.starttls.enable<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">true<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Next, write the service class for sending emails in Java code. The example code is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Service<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">EmailService<\/span> {\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Autowired<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">private<\/span> JavaMailSender javaMailSender;\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">sendEmail<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(String to, String subject, String text)<\/span> {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-type\">SimpleMailMessage<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">message<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">SimpleMailMessage<\/span>();\r\n        message.setTo(to);\r\n        message.setSubject(subject);\r\n        message.setText(text);\r\n\r\n        javaMailSender.send(message);\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Finally, simply call the sendEmail method from EmailService wherever you need to send an email. 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