Chapter 7: Network Access Using java.net

Use the mailto:URL class to mail a document

Mailing a document is a good example of using the URL class. Before you start, your client must connect to a mail server, so that the machine referenced by System Properties ( in this case salsa.sybase.com) is running a mail server, such as sendmail.

Create a URL object.
Set a URLConnection object.
Create an OutputStream object from the URL object.

Write the mail. For example:

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
public class MailTo {

			public static void sendIt() throws Exception{
					System.getProperty("mail.host", "salsa.sybase.com");
					URL url = new URL(mailto:"name@sybase.com");
 				URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
 				PrintStream out = new PrintStream(conn.getOutputStream(), true); 
				out.print ("From: kennys@sybase.com"+"\r\n");
				out.print ("Subject: Works Great!"+"\r\n");
				out.print ("Thanks for the example - it works  great!"+"\r\n");
				out.close();
				System.out.printIn("Messsage Sent");
		}
}

Install mailto:URL for sending e-mail from within the database:
```
select MailTo.sendIt()
```
```
Message Sent!
```

A connection to a server is required for these actions.

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