Problems using SMTP authentication with JavaMail 1.4.1
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Key: EMAIL-83
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/EMAIL-83
Project: Commons Email
Issue Type: Bug
Affects Versions: 1.1
Environment: Java5, Netbeans 6.1, Commons/Email 1.1, JavaMail 1.4.1,
JAF 1.1.1
Reporter: Aaron Baff
I am trying to use SimpleEmail based off of the example on the Commons/Email
site to send an email. I plan on probably going to an HtmlEmail, but I thought
I would start out simple and basic. The code I am using is shown below. The
problem I am running into is that my SMTP server requires authentication, so I
added the Authenticator as shown below with a correct username and password
(tested and known working). Unfortunately, my server keeps rejecting my
authentication so in javax.mail.Transport.send() @line 188 it tries to
connected, fails the authentication and then on the next line it tries to send
the message which results in an exception because the server won't let it send.
I have found that in the javax.mail.Service.connect() @line 206, it goes
through the connect sequence which includes trying to find the user/pass
through various means. When it gets to line 268 it hasn't gotten a password
yet, and so tries to look it up on the session via
javax.mail.Session.getPasswordAuthentication(). It uses the
Service.getURLName() as the key to pass to the authTable (HashTable) which
contains PasswordAuthentication. Unfortunately, the DefaultAuthenticator set as
part of SimpleEmail.setAuthenticator() is in the variable authenticator in the
Session, not in the authTable.
I have also tried with JavaMail 1.4 and similar results, although I did not run
in debug and step through it, I believe it performs the same behavior due to
the 1.4.1 changes (http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/CHANGES.txt) which say
nothing about it.
SimpleEmail email = new SimpleEmail();
email.setDebug(true);
email.setAuthenticator(new DefaultAuthenticator("<USERNAME>", "<PASSWORD>"));
email.setHostName("<SMTP HOST>");
email.setSmtpPort(587);
email.addTo("<TO EMAIL>", "Test Person");
email.setFrom("<FROM EMAIL>");
email.setSubject("Test message");
email.setMsg("This is a simple test of commons-email");
email.send();
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