How can I create a new email account in Java?

Question

I am able to send and receive emails from my JSPs and associated Java code using the Java Mail API (javax.mail.*).

Now I would like to create a new POP3 email account programmatically when a user registers for my site.

I've found surprisingly little information about this with web searches. I would think it would be a somewhat common problem.

It appears that the Java Mail API does not provide any assistance in this area.

I have many email accounts available under my godaddy account, and to manually create an account, I just go to the godaddy email control panel, click Add, and specify the email address and password. This is exactly what I would like to do via a Java program.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Creation of EMail accounts is provider specific and as long as he doesn't provide an API to create accounts automatcally, I'd guess there's no way.

And I doubt that a lot providers allow automatic creation, there's too much abuse by spammers.

Answer 2

You'd typically use the same user DB you for your mail accounts as you're using with you're website. Hence, as soon as a user registers on your website there is a mail account available. Using godaddy won't let you do so (I guess). You'll rather need your own SMTP/IMAP servers.