From: "Jan Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 9:20 AM
Subject: SMTP-Auth problem
> Hello,
> I'm trying to send a mail with a SMTP-Server, which needs SMTP-Auth.
> The code attached to this posting works perfect if executed from a
> shell, but i need this function in a servlet running on a Tomcat 4.1
> webcontainer.
>
> The DEBUG in a shell says:
> <<DEBUG SMTP: useEhlo true, useAuth true
>
> The Tomcat debug however says:
> <<DEBUG SMTP: useEhlo true, useAuth false
>
> and the sending fails. It looks as if Tomcat does not support SMTP Auth.
> Is there a possibility to replace some Tomcat jars with jars from J2EE?
>
> Any help is appreciated, thanks
>
> Jan Ulrich
>
>
> import java.util.*;
> import javax.mail.*;
> import javax.mail.internet.*;
>
> class sendMessageApp {
> static String host = "mail.gmx.net";
> static String user = "somebody";
> static String password = "secret";
> static boolean debug = true;
> static String toAddress = "to@you";
> static String fromAddress = "from@me";
>
> public static void main(String[] argv) {
> // set the host
> Properties props = new Properties();
> props.put("mail.smtp.host",host);
> props.put("mail.smtp.auth","true");
> //create some properties and get the default session
> Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
> session.setDebug(true);
>
> try {
> System.out.println("Getting Transport for smtp");
> Transport tr = session.getTransport("smtp");
> try {
> tr.connect("mail.gmx.net",user, password);
> }
> catch (MessagingException ex) {
> ex.printStackTrace();
> System.exit(1);
> }
>
> // create a message
> Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
>
> // set the from
> InternetAddress from = new InternetAddress(fromAddress);
> msg.setFrom(from);
> InternetAddress[] address = {new InternetAddress(toAddress)};
> msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, address);
> msg.setSubject("This is a test");
>
> msg.setContent("hello","text/plain");
> msg.saveChanges();
> System.out.println("Before sending...");
> tr.sendMessage(msg, address);
> }
> catch (javax.mail.MessagingException mex) {
> mex.printStackTrace();
> }
> }
> }
>
>
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I played around with smtp_auth under tomcat 4.1.12 and got it to work.
here is the key method I used which works for me...
Randy
/**
* @author Randy Secrist
*
* This method is used for writing messages to an SMTP server using
* SMTP authentication. This uses a digest, and not TLS.
*/
public static void sendBytes(String uid, String pw, String to, String
from, String host, String msgtxt,
String subject, boolean debug) throws MessagingException {
// set some default parameters
if (from == null) from = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
if (host == null) host = smtpHost;
if (msgtxt == null) msgtxt = "MessageBody";
if (subject == null) subject = "Subject of Email";
// Create the Java Mail Session
// (uses mail.jar, smtp.jar, activation.jar)
Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.put("mail.smtp.host", host);
props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
Session session = Session.getInstance(props, null);
session.setDebug(debug);
try {
// create a message
MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session);
msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
InternetAddress[] address = {new InternetAddress(to)};
msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, address);
msg.setSubject(subject);
// create and fill the first message part
MimeBodyPart mbp1 = new MimeBodyPart();
mbp1.setText(msgtxt);
// create the Multipart and its parts to it
Multipart mp = new MimeMultipart();
mp.addBodyPart(mbp1);
// add the Multipart to the message
msg.setContent(mp);
// set the Date: header
msg.setSentDate(new Date());
// authenticate & send the message
Transport transport = session.getTransport("smtp");
transport.connect(host, uid, pw);
msg.saveChanges();
transport.sendMessage(msg, msg.getAllRecipients());
transport.close();
transport = null;
}
catch (MessagingException mex) {
mex.printStackTrace();
Exception ex = null;
if ((ex = mex.getNextException()) != null) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
throw mex;
}
finally {
// Turn off authentication - or next non authenticated call will
fail.
props.remove("mail.smtp.auth");
session = Session.getInstance(props);
session = null;
}
}
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