Re: javamail code in servlet works locally, but not when uploaded to host

From:
rexdtripod@hotmail.com
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
4 Dec 2006 13:07:01 -0800
Message-ID:
<1165266420.971445.199230@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com>
Hmmm... Nobody wants to come to the party... Guess I'll keep my own
thread going in case anyone else out there ever has the problem...

Here are the vitals on my local sandbox environment:

Servlet Container Apache tomcat-5.0.24
Java 1.4.2._04-b05
JavaMail 1.4
JavaBeans(tm)Activation Framework 1.1

The following source creates an email message and attachment and sends
via javamail. All works well in my local sandbox environment. Mail
message with attachment arrive without a hitch.

I've been working with my host on why deploying this produces no error
messages, but no mail message either. They are perplexed. They have
linux servers running Resin. Does anyone out there see any
incompatibility here?

<!--<?xml version="1.0"?>-->
<%@ page import="java.util.*" %>
<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" %>
<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<%@ page import="org.jdom.*" %>
<%@ page import="org.jdom.output.*" %>
<%@ page import="java.text.*" %>
<%@ page import="java.util.Properties" %>
<%@ page import="javax.mail.*" %>
<%@ page import="javax.mail.internet.*" %>
<%@ page import="javax.activation.*" %>
<!--<response>-->
<%
            //Set up some error logging
      File file = new File("./error.txt");
      FileWriter f = new FileWriter(file);
      // Wrap the filewriter with a bufferedwriter (creates an output
stream)
      BufferedWriter b = new BufferedWriter (f);
      //Wrap the buffered writer in a printwriter
      PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter (b,false);

      //Build an xml document to attach to the email
      Document attachmentDoc = new Document(new Element("NJPA"));
      Element attachmentRoot = attachmentDoc.getRootElement();

      // build a string from an XML document
      org.jdom.output.Format attachmentFmt =
org.jdom.output.Format.getCompactFormat();
      attachmentFmt.setOmitDeclaration(false);
      XMLOutputter attachmentOutputter = new
XMLOutputter(attachmentFmt);

      String attachXml =
attachmentOutputter.outputString(attachmentDoc);

      // We now have an xml string to attach. Let's get a javamail
message together
      // to which we can attach this xml. Got to do some server
properties stuff
      // first before we get to the message contents.
      String sServerName = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";//Omitted here
      String sUserName = "xxxxxxx";
      String sPassword = "xxxxxxx";

      Properties props = new Properties();
      props = System.getProperties();

      // fill props with any information
      props.put("mail.host", sServerName);
      props.put("mail.smtp.port", "25");
      props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");

      Session sess = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
      sess.setDebug(true);
      MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(sess);

      Transport transport = null;
      try {

        String sContent = "Test message";

        // Set the email message content to our name and address data
above
        message.setContent(sContent, "text/plain");

        // Hook up the message address and subject settings
        String sLNameFirst = "Dude";
        String sFNameLast = "Some";

        InternetAddress fromAddress = new
InternetAddress("xxxxxxxx.com", sLNameFirst);
        InternetAddress toAddress = new InternetAddress("xxxxxx.com",
sLastName);
        InternetAddress ainternetaddress[] = { toAddress };

        message.setFrom(fromAddress);
        message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, toAddress);
        message.setSubject("New message attached for " + sFNameLast);

        // Make a multipart message (part two being attachment) and
send
        // Create part one - the message
        BodyPart messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();

        // Fill the message with our content string
        messageBodyPart.setText(sContent);

        // Add the message part to a multipart
        Multipart multipart = new MimeMultipart();
        multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);

        // Create part two - the attachment
        String sXMLAttachFileName = "data_" + sFNameLast;
        messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
        messageBodyPart.setText(attachXml);
        messageBodyPart.setFileName(sXMLAttachFileName);
        //DataSource source = new FileDataSource(filename);
        //messageBodyPart.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));
        //messageBodyPart.setFileName(filename);

        // Add attachment to the multipart
        multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);

        // Put parts in messa
        message.setContent(multipart);

        // Send the message
        //System.out.println("Transport: " + transport);
        //System.out.println(sServerName + " " + sUserName + " " +
sPassword);
        transport = sess.getTransport("smtp");
        transport.connect(sServerName, sUserName, sPassword);
        message.saveChanges();
        transport.sendMessage(message, message.getAllRecipients());
        //Transport.send(message);

      }
      catch (Exception ex){
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        ex.printStackTrace (new PrintWriter(sw));
        pw.println(sw.toString());
      }
      finally
      {
          try
          {
              transport.close();
          }
          catch (Exception ex){
            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
            ex.printStackTrace (new PrintWriter(sw));
            pw.println(sw.toString());
          }
          finally { }
      }

      //Send quote output back to the browser
      Document doc = new Document(new Element("eionjmcquote"));
      Element root = doc.getRootElement();

      // build a string from an XML document
      org.jdom.output.Format fmt =
org.jdom.output.Format.getCompactFormat();
      fmt.setOmitDeclaration(true);
      XMLOutputter outputter = new XMLOutputter(fmt);

      String xml = outputter.outputString(doc);

      out.print(xml);
      pw.print(xml);

%>
<!--</response>-->

rexdtripod@hotmail.com wrote:

Wow, really dead in the water on this. Anybody out there using
javamail reliably on a web server? I've used it successfully
clientside. Have yet to see it send a message serverside. Seems like
there must be some kind of permissions issues on web servers that
restrict javamail. Is this just something people don't want happening
on web servers?

Is there some way to debug this situation? I keep reading about
sess.setDebug(true) but I'm unable to get the output back to the
browser to view. No exceptions are reported to me. Message doesn't
send and I get what appears to be a proper response back to my browser.

rexdtripod@hotmail.com wrote:

Trying to send an email with an xml attachment from a servlet (code
below) without success.

When I run my servlet locally all goes fine. The message is delivered.
When I upload to my host, messages are not delivered. I believe the
servlet runs fine because result data makes it back to my browser and
no exceptions are reported.

I've read that spam blockers will flag messages not really from the
server from which they claim to be. All is good here. The from is a
real account on my host's email server.

My host runs SpamAssassin. The message isn't delivered even when this
is disabled.

Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 // build a string from an XML document
      org.jdom.output.Format attachmentFmt =
org.jdom.output.Format.getCompactFormat();
      attachmentFmt.setOmitDeclaration(false);
      XMLOutputter attachmentOutputter = new
XMLOutputter(attachmentFmt);

      String attachXml =
attachmentOutputter.outputString(attachmentDoc);

      // We now have an xml string to attach. Let's get a javamail
message together
      // to which we can attach this xml. Got to do some server
properties stuff
      // first before we get to the message contents.
      String sServerName = "xxxx.xxxxxxx.com";
      String sUserName = "xxxxxx";
      String sPassword = "*******";

      Properties props = new Properties();
      props = System.getProperties();

      // fill props with any information
      props.put("mail.host", sServerName);
      props.put("mail.smtp.port", "25");
      props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");

      Session sess = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
      MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(sess);

      Transport transport = null;
      try {
        // String containing the contents of the message
        String sContent = "Test message."

        // Set the email message content to our name and address data
above
        message.setContent(sContent, "text/plain");

        // Hook up the message address and subject settings
        String sLNameFirst = sLastName +", " + sFirstName;
        String sFNameLast = sFirstName +" " + sLastName;

        Address fromAddress = new InternetAddress("xxxx@xxxx.com",
sLNameFirst);
        Address toAddress = new InternetAddress(sEmail, sLastName);

        message.setFrom(fromAddress);
        message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, toAddress);
        message.setSubject("New auto quote attached for " +
sFNameLast);

        // Make a multipart message (part two being attachment) and
send
        // Create part one - the message
        BodyPart messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();

        // Fill the message with our content string
        messageBodyPart.setText(sContent);

        // Add the message part to a multipart
        Multipart multipart = new MimeMultipart();
        multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);

        // Create part two - the attachment
        String sXMLAttachFileName = "autoquote_" + sLastName + "_" +
sFirstName;
        messageBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
        messageBodyPart.setText(attachXml);
        messageBodyPart.setFileName(sXMLAttachFileName);

        // Add attachment to the multipart
        multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart);

        // Put parts in message
        message.setContent(multipart);

        // Send the message
        transport.connect(sServerName, sUserName, sPassword);
        transport.send(message);
        //Transport.send(message);

      }
      catch (MessagingException me){
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        me.printStackTrace (new PrintWriter(sw));
        pw.println(sw.toString());
      }

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