error: package javax.mail does not exist

Question

I want to run a java program to send emails but I am getting the following errors:

SSLEmail.java:4: error: package javax.mail does not exist
import javax.mail.Authenticator;
             ^
SSLEmail.java:5: error: package javax.mail does not exist
import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
             ^
SSLEmail.java:6: error: package javax.mail does not exist
import javax.mail.Session;
             ^

I downloaded the javax.mail package and changed the path in environment variables,but still getting the same error..

Someone kindly help where I might be wrong with . thanks in advance for any help..

Answer 1

you miss javax.mail.jar in your classpath. Download and add it.

javac -cp "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\javamail-1.4.7\mail.jar" SSLEmail.java