David Jencks wrote:
I'm very unclear as to what works in your example and what doesn't.
I'd appreciate clear answers to the following questions:
As a starting point, I'm assuming that you are using the
configuration in which you have put the sun javamail and activation
implementations into the classpath before or instead of the geronimo
ones.
1. If you remove the attribute
<attribute name="debug">true</attribute>
completely, can you send and receive mail?
I'm not currently trying to receive mail. If the property is not there,
there seems to be no effect on functionality. Mail will send.
2. If you include the attribute
<attribute name="debug">true</attribute>
can you send and receive mail, although there is no debug output?
There is no debug output, mail does send.
3. If you remove the attribute
<attribute name="debug">true</attribute>
and include an attribute
<attribute name="properties">mail.debug=true</attribute>
can you send and receive mail, and is there debug output?
Yes, I can send, and there is debug output!
There is definitely a bug in the handling of the "debug" attribute,
but you should be able to work around it by using the properties
attribute. It is not clear from your post whether including the
explicit debug attribute results in no mail service or no debug info
with working mail service.
My biggest problem is that no matter how I try, I cannot get the
mail.smtp.host property to stick. I would think this falls under 'no
mail service', since many people require a connection to an external
smtp server for mail sending to work.
I have not followed the issues of shipping the sun javamail
implementation in depth, but I believe that until very recently the
license definitely prohibited apache from distributing the sun
implementation and that the license has recently changed to make this
issue murky.
I understand the license issues. Personally, I don't mind getting
another one, installing it, and using it in a supported way. I'm just
trying to figure out the supported way through trial and error.
Cheers.
-Neal
