InitialContext initCtx = new InitialContext(); javax.mail.Session session = (javax.mail.Session) initCtx.lookup("java:/Mail"); Message message = new MimeMessage(session); message.setFrom(new InternetAddress("me@me.com")); InternetAddress to[] = new InternetAddress[1]; to[0] = new InternetAddress("he@he.com"); message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, to); message.setSubject("hi"); message.setContent("hi there", "text/plain"); Transport.send(message);