I just double checked but i do not think it has to do with a server
setting/firewall. I can connect to the gmail server without problem on my
apache based applications. Its dspace/tomcat specifically which I can not
connect to the gmail server.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Stuart Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Bryce,
>
> It could be that your server is firewalled from talking to external
> servers. Log into your server, and try the following:
>
> > telnet smtp.gmail.com 465
>
> If your server can connect then you should see a message such as:
>
> Trying 72.14.213.109...
> Connected to gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
>
> If you get an error about 'Connection Refused' or 'Unable to connect' (or
> similar) then it may be a firewall issue.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Stuart Lewis
> IT Innovations Analyst and Developer
> Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library
> Auckland Mail Centre, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
> Ph: +64 (0)9 373 7599 x81928
>
>
> On 8/06/2010, at 9:52 AM, bryce ray wrote:
>
> > I'm getting the following error when attempting to connect to the Gmail
> smtp server:
> >
> > javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host:
> smtp.gmail.com, port: 465, response: -1
> > at
> com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1270)
> > at
> com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:370)
> > at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:297)
> > at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:156)
> > at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:105)
> > at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:168)
> > at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:98)
> > at org.dspace.core.Email.send(Email.java:362)
> > at
> org.dspace.eperson.AccountManager.sendEmail(AccountManager.java:296)
> > at
> org.dspace.eperson.AccountManager.sendInfo(AccountManager.java:256)
> > at
> org.dspace.eperson.AccountManager.sendRegistrationInfo(AccountManager.java:101)
> > at
> org.dspace.app.webui.servlet.RegisterServlet.processEnterEmail(RegisterServlet.java:287)
> > at
> org.dspace.app.webui.servlet.RegisterServlet.doDSPost(RegisterServlet.java:202)
> > at
> org.dspace.app.webui.servlet.DSpaceServlet.processRequest(DSpaceServlet.java:147)
> > at
> org.dspace.app.webui.servlet.DSpaceServlet.doPost(DSpaceServlet.java:105)
> > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
> > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
> > at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
> > at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
> > at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
> > at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
> > at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
> > at
> org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
> > at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
> > at
> org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
> > at
> org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:190)
> > at
> org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:291)
> > at
> org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:769)
> > at
> org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:698)
> > at
> org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:891)
> > at
> org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:690)
> > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
> >
> > I'm running Dspace v1.5.2. I've been following the tutorial that I found
> here: http://blog.stuartlewis.com/2009/09/05/using-gmail-with-dspace/
> >
> > I've applied this patch to my Email.java file and re-packaged:
> > http://jira.dspace.org/jira/browse/DS-234
> >
> > Below is my dspace.cfg file as it pertains to the mail settings:
> >
> > ##### Email settings ######
> >
> > # SMTP mail server
> > mail.server=smtp.gmail.com
> >
> > # SMTP mail server authentication username and password (if required)
> > mail.server.username = [email protected]
> > mail.server.password = password
> >
> > # SMTP mail server alternate port (defaults to 25)
> > mail.server.port = 465
> >
> > # From address for mail
> > mail.from.address = [email protected]
> >
> > # Currently limited to one recipient!
> > feedback.recipient = [email protected]
> >
> > # General site administration (Webmaster) e-mail
> > mail.admin = [email protected]
> >
> > # Recipient for server errors and alerts
> > # alert.recipient = email-address-here
> >
> > # Recipient for new user registration emails
> > # registration.notify = email-address-here
> >
> > # Set the default mail character set. This may be over ridden by
> providing a line
> > # inside the email template "charset: <encoding>", otherwise this default
> is used.
> > #mail.charset = UTF8
> >
> > mail.ssl.enable = true
> >
> > mail.extraproperties = mail.smtp.socketFactory.port=465, \
> > mail.smtp.socketFactory.class=javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory, \
> > mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback=false
> >
> > # Default language for metadata values
> > default.language = en_US
> >
> > Any suggestions on what might be causing the problem here? I've tried
> connecting to 1 other smtp server and received the same error message. I
> have double checked the username and password for the smtp server and it
> appears to be correct.
> > <ATT00001..txt><ATT00002..txt>
>
>
>
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