Sending mail using MailSender and SimpleMailMessage with the XML configuration

"Simple mail message" means the e-mail sent will only be text-based with no HTML formatting, no images, and no attachments. In this section, consider a scenario where we are sending a welcome mail to the user as soon as the user gets their order placed in the application. In this scenario, the mail will be sent after the database insertion operation is successful.

Create a separate folder, called com.packt.mailService, for the mail service. The following are the steps for sending mail using the MailSender interface and SimpleMailMessage class.

1. Create a new Maven web project with the name Spring4MongoDB_MailChapter3.

2. The example used the MongoDB database created in Chapter 1, Spring Mongo Integration. We have also used the same Eshop db database with MongoDB for CRUD operations on Customer, Order, and Product. We have also used the same mvc configurations and source files.

3. Use the same dependencies as used in Chapter...