Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition) General Discussion

Hi all,

I'm trying to send a simple email via an imap mail server but when I try to get the Transport for imap I get the following:

javax.mail.NoSuchProviderException: invalid provider
        at javax.mail.Session.getTransport(Session.java:714)

My code is below:

public static void main(String[] args) {
		Properties props = System.getProperties();
		props.put("mail.imap.host", "~REMOVED FOR PRIVACY REASONS~");
		Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
		
		try{
			Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
			msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress("XXXXXXXXX@XXXXXX.ie"));
			msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, InternetAddress.parse("XXXXXXXX@XXXXXXXX.ie", false));
			msg.setSubject("Test Java Message");
			msg.setText("This is a sample email");
			msg.setHeader("X-Mailer", "O'Reily SimpleSender");
			Transport t = session.getTransport("imap");
			t.send(msg);
		}
		catch(AddressException ae){
			ae.printStackTrace();
		}
		catch(MessagingException me){
			me.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

The code always fails at the transport line

Transport t = session.getTransport("imap");

Even though when I debug it I can see the imap provider in the providers Vector of the session.

I'm only beginning so it might be something obvious but any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Illu