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Open a SMTP connection

How to use socket to setup a SMTP server? I don't want to use any library like WISER. I just want a very simple SMTP server. How to setup?
I have tried to use the following code. But it seems like wrong.
try {
// TODO code application logic here
InetSocketAddress isa = new InetSocketAddress(25);
ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket();
server.bind(isa);
System.out.println("Server starting...");
while (true) {
System.out.println("Waiting...");
Socket client = server.accept();
if (client != null) {
System.out.println("connected");
}
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Fakeserver.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}

Android Java Server Socket does not connect

I am writing an app which needs to receive a string from a server. The following code works if the IP Adress connected to is "127.0.0.1" (The Client and the server are on the same phone, just for testing purpose), but not if it is the "real" IP Adress of the phone.
Server:
ServerSocket echoServer = null;
String line;
DataInputStream is;
PrintStream os;
Socket clientSocket = null;
// Try to open a server socket on port 9999
try {
echoServer = new ServerSocket(1109);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
// Create a socket object from the ServerSocket to listen and
// accept
// connections.
// Open input and output streams
try {
clientSocket = echoServer.accept();
is = new DataInputStream(clientSocket.getInputStream());
os = new PrintStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());
// As long as we receive data, echo that data back to the
// client.
os.println("Das ist ein Test immernoch");
publish("Fertig");
} catch (IOException e) {
publish("Fertig");
} catch (Exception e) {
publish("Fertig");
}
Client:
Socket smtpSocket = null;
DataOutputStream os = null;
DataInputStream is = null;
try {
smtpSocket = new Socket();
smtpSocket.connect(new InetSocketAddress("46.114.153.58", 1109), 10000); //That is the critcal line, if the IP is "127.0.0.1" everything works perfectly fine
os = new DataOutputStream(smtpSocket.getOutputStream());
is = new DataInputStream(smtpSocket.getInputStream());
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
return "Fehler";
} catch (IOException e) {
return "Fehler";
}
if (smtpSocket != null && os != null && is != null) {
try {
os.writeBytes("HELO\n");
String s = is.readLine();
os.close();
is.close();
smtpSocket.close();
return s;
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
//System.err.println("Trying to connect to unknown host: " + e);
} catch (IOException e) {
//System.err.println("IOException: " + e);
}
}
return "Fehler";
}
EDIT: Hence this is an app for a mobile device, there is no router I can configure.

Add this to your code
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 9) {
StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder()
.permitAll().build();
StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);
}

You might have to forward the port you are using on your router if you are planning on using ServerSocket with external connections.

If this is the ip address of your router and you are connecting your android mobile to the router through wifi , then you have to port forward the port 1109 in your router to your mobile.
If this is the ip address of your android mobile connected through data connection , then there will be some restrictions on your data provider blocking ports for security .
46.114.153.58 is this a static ip address or dynamic ?
If its a dynamic ip address , first check the availability of the ip address by pinging it.

Java SSL sockets not working

I am using TCP/IP sockets to create a client and server applicaton. Originally I was using regular sockets but now I have decided to use SSL for my connection. I have created a keystore and have tried running my application but it has yet to be successful.
Here is my code for the server
public class ArFileServer {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
boolean listening = true;
ServerSocketFactory serversocketfactory;
ServerSocket serverSocket;
try
{
//serverSocket = new ServerSocket(4445);
serversocketfactory = SSLServerSocketFactory.getDefault();
serverSocket = serversocketfactory.createServerSocket(4445);
String keystore = System.getProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore");
System.out.println(keystore);
// infinite loop to continually listen for connection requests made by clients
while (listening)
{
new ClientConnection(serverSocket.accept()).start();
if (serverSocket != null)
{
System.out.println("Connection to client established");
}
}
serverSocket.close();
}
catch (IOException e)
{
System.out.println("Error could not create socket connection to port, check that port is not busy");
}
}
}
and here is the client code:
public class ClientSocket
{
SocketFactory socketfactory = null;
Socket clientSocket = null;
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
// establish a connection to All Care's server application through socket 4444 (adjust localhost to reflect the IP address that the server
// is being run from)
public ClientSocket()
{
try
{
//clientSocket = new Socket("localhost", 4445);
//SocketFactory socketfactory = SSLSocketFactory.getDefault();
clientSocket = socketfactory.createSocket("192.168.1.8", 4445);
out = new PrintWriter(clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
String truststore = System.getProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore");
System.out.println(truststore);
}
catch (IOException e)
{
System.out.println("Could not connect to All Care Server Application : " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
I am also using these runtime arguments:
-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=C:\Users\Chris\Documents\NetBeansProjects\ArFile\keystore.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=password
When I try to print out the truststore it always returns null, what am I doing wrong?

When I try to print out the truststore it always returns null
Because you never set it. All you are doing is printing out the value of a system property. If you didn't set it, it is null.
what am I doing wrong?
Nothing yet, except printing out meaningless information. But much of your code doesn't make sense:
if (serverSocket != null)
{
System.out.println("Connection to client established");
}
serverSocket being non-null (a) is inevitable at this point, and (b) doesn't have anything do with the client socket being established, which is inevitable at this point.
catch (IOException e)
{
System.out.println("Error could not create socket connection to port, check that port is not busy");
}
An IOException at this point could mean many things, but the one thing it doesn't mean is 'cannot create socket connection to port'. It is the client that does the connecting: the server accepts connections. When you catch an exception, always print its message, don't just make up your own.

You need to define both trustStore and keyStore in runtime arguments:
-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=xxx.ks
-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=yyy
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=xxx.ks
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=yyy
Both can be same file.
trustStore contains public keys of others.
keyStore contains own keys and certificates.

how to tell whether a connection is established in java?

I tried to build a socket channel between two emulators in android. I wrote the following code:
public SocketChannel connect2node(String ip, int port) {
SocketChannel client = null;
try {
client = SocketChannel.open(new InetSocketAddress(ip, port));
client.configureBlocking(false);
client.register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_READ);
if (!client.isConnected()) {
Log.i("server connection", "error");
return null;
}
} catch (IOException e) {
String s = e.getMessage();
e.printStackTrace();
}
return client;
}
Note I have NOT started another emulator in (ip, port), means the connection will always fail. When I start debugging the above code, I found when it came to
if (!client.isConnected()) {
It then jumps to the catch block:
e.printStackTrace();
all other lines in catch block is not executed, and the client is not null when return. So how can I tell whether the connection is successfully established or not?

The isConnected() test is pointless. If the open() fails to connect it will throw an exception.

set option for sockets in java

I have a server in Java which listens for incoming connection to a specific port. And everything works as expected, my clients connect to the server and I'm able to send data between them.
My problem is that, when I shut down my client, turn it on again and try to reconnect, it won't connect (my server stays on all the time).
For me to reconnect, I have to restart my server again.
So I tried doing this on my server side:
InetSocketAddress serverAddr = new InetSocketAddress(serverIpAddress, serverPort);
serverSocket = new ServerSocket();
serverSocket.setReuseAddress(true);
//I tries setting up a reuse option
serverSocket.bind(serverAddr);
Even after setReuseAddress() my client won't connect unless I restart my server!
Has anyone any idea of how could that be done?
EDIT2:
try {
while(true){
clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
System.out.println("S-a conectat clientul de monitorizare!");
os=new ObjectOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());
try{
coord=(Coordinate)queue.take();
System.out.println(coord.getLat()+coord.getLon()+coord.getVit()+coord.getwId()+coord.getime());
os.writeObject(coord);
os.flush();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println(e);
try {
clientSocket.close();
os.close();
}catch(Exception e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
New edit:
Thread pool server:
Main:
ThreadPooledServer server = new ThreadPooledServer(queue,7001);
new Thread(server).start();
ThreadPooledServer:
public class ThreadPooledServer implements Runnable {
protected ExecutorService threadPool =
Executors.newFixedThreadPool(5);
public void run() {
openServerSocket();
while (!isStopped()) {
Socket clientSocket = null;
try {
System.out.println("Serverul asteapta clienti spre conectare");
clientSocket = this.serverSocket.accept();
clientconnection++;
System.out.println("Serverul a acceptat clientul cu numarul:"
+ clientconnection);
} catch (IOException e) {
if (isStopped()) {
System.out.println("Server Stopped.");
return;
}
throw new RuntimeException("Error accepting client connection",
e);
}
WorkerRunnable workerRunnable = new WorkerRunnable(queue,clientSocket);
this.threadPool.execute(workerRunnable);
}
System.out.println("Server Stopped.");
}
public synchronized void stop() {
this.isStopped = true;
try {
this.threadPool.shutdown();
}
catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("Error closing server", e);
}
}
private void openServerSocket() {
try {
InetSocketAddress serverAddr = new InetSocketAddress(SERVERIP,
serverPort);
serverSocket = new ServerSocket();
serverSocket.setReuseAddress(true);
serverSocket.bind(serverAddr);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("Cannot open port", e);
}
}
this.serverSocket.close();

In your run method you accept one client and then go in to an endless loop, trying to write data to the ObjectOutputStream. When the client closes the connection an exception is thrown because you can no longer write to the stream. At this point we're out of the endless loop(while(true) { .. }) and the run method ends.
If you want to keep accepting clients I suggest you move the while loop to the top of your code, above the accept to be exact.
Pseudo-ish code below(note: I'm not catching any exceptions etc.):
while (true)
{
// Wait for a client to connect..
Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
// Write to the client..
ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());
os.writeObject(coord);
os.flush();
}

Is your server single threaded for a purpose (do you only accept one client at a time) ? Usually, servers will spawn a separate thread for every connections, so it can listen more often for incoming connections, and so if the client's connection throws any errors, it won't affect the listening socket. At the moment, your server will listen to only one connection, and if an exception occurs handling the client's connection, simply move on and never listen again. In pseudocode, a typical server is like :
Server listening thread (main thread)
try {
create server socket and bind to port
while server is online
listen for incoming connections
if the client connection is accepted [1]
start client thread
catch exception
handle exception
finally
make sure the server socket is disconnected
cleanup
Server client connection thread
write to client socket to initialize connection
try
while scoket is opened
read data
data treatment
write response
catch exceptions
handle exception [2]
finally
close client socket
cleanup
[1] if your server handles only one client, it should refuse the connection, so the client doesn't wait for no reason
[2] if the exception is not about the socket, the client should be warned by a final write to the socket before closing it
Client thread (on the client's side)
try
connect to server
protocol handshake (optional) [4]
while socket is connected
client server communication
catch exception
handle excpetion
finally
close socket
[4] since the server should write to the socket first, the client should read from it for any welcome message or error messages before attempting to write anything.