[FIXED] java.io.IOException: Exception writing Multipart with SpringBoot

Issue

I want to send an email with attachment:

  public void sendMailWithAttachment(String to, String subject, String body, String fileToAttach) {

        MimeMessagePreparator preparator = mimeMessage -> {

            mimeMessage.setRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to));
            mimeMessage.setFrom(new InternetAddress("[email protected]"));
            mimeMessage.setSubject(subject);
            mimeMessage.setText(body);

            FileSystemResource file = new FileSystemResource(new File(fileToAttach));
            System.out.println(file.contentLength());
            MimeMessageHelper helper = new MimeMessageHelper(mimeMessage, true);
            helper.addAttachment("logo.jpg", file);
        };

        try {
            javaMailSender.send(preparator);
        }
        catch (MailException ex) {
            // simply log it and go on...
            System.err.println(ex.getMessage());
        }
    }

but I have this Exception:

Failed messages: javax.mail.MessagingException: IOException while sending message;
  nested exception is:
    java.io.IOException: Exception writing Multipart

Solution

The example given in the Spring documentation doesn't match your code: it creates a MimeMessageHelper object and uses it to define both the body and the attached file.

You should do something like this instead:

public void sendMailWithAttachment(String to, String subject, String body, String fileToAttach) {

        MimeMessagePreparator preparator = mimeMessage -> {

            MimeMessageHelper message = new MimeMessageHelper(mimeMessage, true, "UTF-8");
            message.setRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to));
            message.setFrom(new InternetAddress("[email protected]"));
            message.setSubject(subject);
            message.setText(body);

            FileSystemResource file = new FileSystemResource(new File(fileToAttach));
            message.addAttachment("logo.jpg", file);
        };

        try {
            javaMailSender.send(preparator);
        }
        catch (MailException ex) {
            // simply log it and go on...
            System.err.println(ex.getMessage());
        }
    }

Answered By - Olivier
Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (JavaFixing Volunteer)