邮件multipart/alternative vs multipart/mixed

Question

在创建email messages时，您应该在发送HTML和文本时将Content-Type设置为multipart/alternative，或者在发送文本和附件时将其设置为multipart/mixed。

那么，如果想要发送HTML、文本和附件，该怎么办呢？两者都用？

Answer 1

我今天遇到了这个挑战，我发现这些答案很有用，但对我来说还不够明确。

编辑：刚刚找到了很好的Apache Commons Email，这意味着你不需要知道下面的内容。

如果您的要求是一封包含以下内容的电子邮件：

1. text和html版本
2. html版本已嵌入(内联) images
3. attachments

我发现在Gmail/Outlook/iPad上工作的唯一结构是：

• mixed
  • alternative
    • text
    • related
      • html
      • inline image
      • 内联image

​

​

- attachment
- attachment

​

代码是：

import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.DataSource;
import javax.activation.URLDataSource;
import javax.mail.BodyPart;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Multipart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.UUID;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 * Created by StrongMan on 25/05/14.
 */
public class MailContentBuilder {

    private static final Pattern COMPILED_PATTERN_SRC_URL_SINGLE = Pattern.compile("src='([^']*)'",  Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
    private static final Pattern COMPILED_PATTERN_SRC_URL_DOUBLE = Pattern.compile("src=\"([^\"]*)\"",  Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);

    /**
     * Build an email message.
     *
     * The HTML may reference the embedded image (messageHtmlInline) using the filename. Any path portion is ignored to make my life easier
     * e.g. If you pass in the image C:\Temp\dog.jpg you can use <img src="dog.jpg"/> or <img src="C:\Temp\dog.jpg"/> and both will work
     *
     * @param messageText
     * @param messageHtml
     * @param messageHtmlInline
     * @param attachments
     * @return
     * @throws MessagingException
     */
    public Multipart build(String messageText, String messageHtml, List<URL> messageHtmlInline, List<URL> attachments) throws MessagingException {
        final Multipart mpMixed = new MimeMultipart("mixed");
        {
            // alternative
            final Multipart mpMixedAlternative = newChild(mpMixed, "alternative");
            {
                // Note: MUST RENDER HTML LAST otherwise iPad mail client only renders the last image and no email
                addTextVersion(mpMixedAlternative,messageText);
                addHtmlVersion(mpMixedAlternative,messageHtml, messageHtmlInline);
            }
            // attachments
            addAttachments(mpMixed,attachments);
        }

        //msg.setText(message, "utf-8");
        //msg.setContent(message,"text/html; charset=utf-8");
        return mpMixed;
    }

    private Multipart newChild(Multipart parent, String alternative) throws MessagingException {
        MimeMultipart child =  new MimeMultipart(alternative);
        final MimeBodyPart mbp = new MimeBodyPart();
        parent.addBodyPart(mbp);
        mbp.setContent(child);
        return child;
    }

    private void addTextVersion(Multipart mpRelatedAlternative, String messageText) throws MessagingException {
        final MimeBodyPart textPart = new MimeBodyPart();
        textPart.setContent(messageText, "text/plain");
        mpRelatedAlternative.addBodyPart(textPart);
    }

    private void addHtmlVersion(Multipart parent, String messageHtml, List<URL> embeded) throws MessagingException {
        // HTML version
        final Multipart mpRelated = newChild(parent,"related");

        // Html
        final MimeBodyPart htmlPart = new MimeBodyPart();
        HashMap<String,String> cids = new HashMap<String, String>();
        htmlPart.setContent(replaceUrlWithCids(messageHtml,cids), "text/html");
        mpRelated.addBodyPart(htmlPart);

        // Inline images
        addImagesInline(mpRelated, embeded, cids);
    }

    private void addImagesInline(Multipart parent, List<URL> embeded, HashMap<String,String> cids) throws MessagingException {
        if (embeded != null)
        {
            for (URL img : embeded)
            {
                final MimeBodyPart htmlPartImg = new MimeBodyPart();
                DataSource htmlPartImgDs = new URLDataSource(img);
                htmlPartImg.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(htmlPartImgDs));
                String fileName = img.getFile();
                fileName = getFileName(fileName);
                String newFileName = cids.get(fileName);
                boolean imageNotReferencedInHtml = newFileName == null;
                if (imageNotReferencedInHtml) continue;
                // Gmail requires the cid have <> around it
                htmlPartImg.setHeader("Content-ID", "<"+newFileName+">");
                htmlPartImg.setDisposition(BodyPart.INLINE);
                parent.addBodyPart(htmlPartImg);
            }
        }
    }

    private void addAttachments(Multipart parent, List<URL> attachments) throws MessagingException {
        if (attachments != null)
        {
            for (URL attachment : attachments)
            {
                final MimeBodyPart mbpAttachment = new MimeBodyPart();
                DataSource htmlPartImgDs = new URLDataSource(attachment);
                mbpAttachment.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(htmlPartImgDs));
                String fileName = attachment.getFile();
                fileName = getFileName(fileName);
                mbpAttachment.setDisposition(BodyPart.ATTACHMENT);
                mbpAttachment.setFileName(fileName);
                parent.addBodyPart(mbpAttachment);
            }
        }
    }

    public String replaceUrlWithCids(String html, HashMap<String,String> cids)
    {
        html = replaceUrlWithCids(html, COMPILED_PATTERN_SRC_URL_SINGLE, "src='cid:@cid'", cids);
        html = replaceUrlWithCids(html, COMPILED_PATTERN_SRC_URL_DOUBLE, "src=\"cid:@cid\"", cids);
        return html;
    }

    private String replaceUrlWithCids(String html, Pattern pattern, String replacement, HashMap<String,String> cids) {
        Matcher matcherCssUrl = pattern.matcher(html);
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        while (matcherCssUrl.find())
        {
            String fileName = matcherCssUrl.group(1);
            // Disregarding file path, so don't clash your filenames!
            fileName = getFileName(fileName);
            // A cid must start with @ and be globally unique
            String cid = "@" + UUID.randomUUID().toString() + "_" + fileName;
            if (cids.containsKey(fileName))
                cid = cids.get(fileName);
            else
                cids.put(fileName,cid);
            matcherCssUrl.appendReplacement(sb,replacement.replace("@cid",cid));
        }
        matcherCssUrl.appendTail(sb);
        html = sb.toString();
        return html;
    }

    private String getFileName(String fileName) {
        if (fileName.contains("/"))
            fileName = fileName.substring(fileName.lastIndexOf("/")+1);
        return fileName;
    }
}

以及在Gmail中使用它的一个示例

/**
 * Created by StrongMan on 25/05/14.
 */
import com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport;

import java.net.URL;
import java.security.Security;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.DataSource;
import javax.activation.URLDataSource;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;

/**
 *
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14744197/best-practices-sending-javamail-mime-multipart-emails-and-gmail
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3902455/smtp-multipart-alternative-vs-multipart-mixed
 *
 *
 *
 * @author doraemon
 */
public class GoogleMail {


    private GoogleMail() {
    }

    /**
     * Send email using GMail SMTP server.
     *
     * @param username GMail username
     * @param password GMail password
     * @param recipientEmail TO recipient
     * @param title title of the message
     * @param messageText message to be sent
     * @throws AddressException if the email address parse failed
     * @throws MessagingException if the connection is dead or not in the connected state or if the message is not a MimeMessage
     */
    public static void Send(final String username, final String password, String recipientEmail, String title, String messageText, String messageHtml, List<URL> messageHtmlInline, List<URL> attachments) throws AddressException, MessagingException {
        GoogleMail.Send(username, password, recipientEmail, "", title, messageText, messageHtml, messageHtmlInline,attachments);
    }

    /**
     * Send email using GMail SMTP server.
     *
     * @param username GMail username
     * @param password GMail password
     * @param recipientEmail TO recipient
     * @param ccEmail CC recipient. Can be empty if there is no CC recipient
     * @param title title of the message
     * @param messageText message to be sent
     * @throws AddressException if the email address parse failed
     * @throws MessagingException if the connection is dead or not in the connected state or if the message is not a MimeMessage
     */
    public static void Send(final String username, final String password, String recipientEmail, String ccEmail, String title, String messageText, String messageHtml, List<URL> messageHtmlInline, List<URL> attachments) throws AddressException, MessagingException {
        Security.addProvider(new com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider());
        final String SSL_FACTORY = "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory";

        // Get a Properties object
        Properties props = System.getProperties();
        props.setProperty("mail.smtps.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
        props.setProperty("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", SSL_FACTORY);
        props.setProperty("mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
        props.setProperty("mail.smtp.port", "465");
        props.setProperty("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "465");
        props.setProperty("mail.smtps.auth", "true");

        /*
        If set to false, the QUIT command is sent and the connection is immediately closed. If set
        to true (the default), causes the transport to wait for the response to the QUIT command.

        ref :   http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/javadocs/com/sun/mail/smtp/package-summary.html
                http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5205249
                smtpsend.java - demo program from javamail
        */
        props.put("mail.smtps.quitwait", "false");

        Session session = Session.getInstance(props, null);

        // -- Create a new message --
        final MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session);

        // -- Set the FROM and TO fields --
        msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(username + "@gmail.com"));
        msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, InternetAddress.parse(recipientEmail, false));

        if (ccEmail.length() > 0) {
            msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC, InternetAddress.parse(ccEmail, false));
        }

        msg.setSubject(title);

        // mixed
        MailContentBuilder mailContentBuilder = new MailContentBuilder();
        final Multipart mpMixed = mailContentBuilder.build(messageText, messageHtml, messageHtmlInline, attachments);
        msg.setContent(mpMixed);
        msg.setSentDate(new Date());

        SMTPTransport t = (SMTPTransport)session.getTransport("smtps");

        t.connect("smtp.gmail.com", username, password);
        t.sendMessage(msg, msg.getAllRecipients());
        t.close();
    }

}

Answer 2

使用第一部分作为multipart/alternative的multipart/mixed，以及附件的后续部分。反过来，在multipart/alternative部件中使用text/plain和text/html部件。

然后，有能力的电子邮件客户端应该识别multipart/alternative部分，并根据需要显示文本部分或html部分。它还应该将所有后续部件显示为附件部件。

这里需要注意的重要一点是，在多部分MIME消息中，在部分中包含部分是完全有效的。理论上，这种嵌套可以扩展到任何深度。然后，任何有合理能力的电子邮件客户端应该能够递归地处理所有的消息部分。

Answer 3

消息有内容。内容可以是文本、html、DataHandler或多部分，且只能有一个内容。多部分只有BodyParts，但可以有多个。与消息一样，BodyParts也可以包含已经描述过的内容。

包含HTML、文本和附件的邮件可以按如下方式分层查看：

message
  mainMultipart (content for message, subType="mixed")
    ->htmlAndTextBodyPart (bodyPart1 for mainMultipart)
      ->htmlAndTextMultipart (content for htmlAndTextBodyPart, subType="alternative")
        ->textBodyPart (bodyPart2 for the htmlAndTextMultipart)
          ->text (content for textBodyPart)
        ->htmlBodyPart (bodyPart1 for htmlAndTextMultipart)
          ->html (content for htmlBodyPart)
    ->fileBodyPart1 (bodyPart2 for the mainMultipart)
      ->FileDataHandler (content for fileBodyPart1 )

以及构建这样一条消息的代码：

    // the parent or main part if you will
    Multipart mainMultipart = new MimeMultipart("mixed");

    // this will hold text and html and tells the client there are 2 versions of the message (html and text). presumably text
    // being the alternative to html
    Multipart htmlAndTextMultipart = new MimeMultipart("alternative");

    // set text
    MimeBodyPart textBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
    textBodyPart.setText(text);
    htmlAndTextMultipart.addBodyPart(textBodyPart);

    // set html (set this last per rfc1341 which states last = best)
    MimeBodyPart htmlBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
    htmlBodyPart.setContent(html, "text/html; charset=utf-8");
    htmlAndTextMultipart.addBodyPart(htmlBodyPart);

    // stuff the multipart into a bodypart and add the bodyPart to the mainMultipart
    MimeBodyPart htmlAndTextBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
    htmlAndTextBodyPart.setContent(htmlAndTextMultipart);
    mainMultipart.addBodyPart(htmlAndTextBodyPart);

    // attach file body parts directly to the mainMultipart
    MimeBodyPart filePart = new MimeBodyPart();
    FileDataSource fds = new FileDataSource("/path/to/some/file.txt");
    filePart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(fds));
    filePart.setFileName(fds.getName());
    mainMultipart.addBodyPart(filePart);

    // set message content
    message.setContent(mainMultipart);