Java Email Folder get message
import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Properties; import javax.mail.Flags; import javax.mail.Folder; import javax.mail.Message; import javax.mail.MessagingException; import javax.mail.Session; import javax.mail.Store; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Properties properties = new Properties(); String username = "username"; String password = "password"; String folder = "Inbox"; String host = "imap.host.com"; try {//w w w . j a v a 2 s. c o m Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(properties, null); Store store = session.getStore("imap"); store.connect(host, username, password); System.out.println(store); Folder inbox = store.getFolder(folder); inbox.open(Folder.READ_WRITE); int messageCount = inbox.getMessageCount(); int startMessage = messageCount - 10; if (startMessage < 1) startMessage = 1; Message messages[] = inbox.getMessages(startMessage, messageCount); for (Message message : messages) { boolean hasBeenRead = false; for (Flags.Flag flag : message.getFlags().getSystemFlags()) { if (flag == Flags.Flag.SEEN) { hasBeenRead = true; break; } } message.setFlag(Flags.Flag.SEEN, false); System.out.println(message.getSubject() + " " + (hasBeenRead ? "(read)" : "") + message.getContent()); } inbox.close(true); } catch (MessagingException | IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }