<!-- Javax mail-->
<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
    <artifactId>mail</artifactId>
    <version>1.4</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
    <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.2</version>
</dependency>

@Controller
public class HomeController extends BaseController {

    @Autowired
    private SimpleOrderManager simpleOrderManager;

    @RequestMapping(value = "/", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String home(Model model) {
        simpleOrderManager.placeOrder(userDAO.findById(485));

        // Redirect to the user's dashboard
        return "redirect:/users/" + getAuthenticatedUser().getId() + "/dashboard/" + UserHelper.getURLName(getAuthenticatedUser());
    }

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
    <bean id="mailSender" class="org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl">
        <property name="host" value="mail.comp.state.edu"/>
        <property name="port" value="587" />
    </bean>

    <!-- this is a template message that we can pre-load with default state -->
    <bean id="templateMessage" class="org.springframework.mail.SimpleMailMessage">
        <property name="from" value="work@email.org"/>
        <property name="subject" value="Your order"/>
    </bean>

    <bean id="reminderManager" class="edu.state.department.peerreview.mvc.utility.SimpleOrderManager">
        <property name="mailSender" ref="mailSender"/>
        <property name="templateMessage" ref="templateMessage"/>
    </bean>
</beans>

SimpleMailMessage msg = new SimpleMailMessage(this.templateMessage);

msg.setTo(user.getEmail());
msg.setText("Test Email");
try{
    this.mailSender.send(msg);
}
catch (MailException ex) {
    // simply log it and go on...
    System.err.println(ex.getMessage());
}

Properties properties = System.getProperties();
properties.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable","true");
properties.put("mail.smtp.auth", "false");
properties.put("mail.debug", "true");