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To configure Confluence to use Gmail to send emails, you will need to create a JNDI mail session and then have Confluence use it, as described below.

To do this for the Confluence distribution, please see Setting Up a Mail Session for the Confluence Distribution.

  1. Stop Confluence.
  2. Move (don't copy) activation-1.0.2.jar and mail-1.4.1.jar from /confluence/WEB-INF/lib to <Confluence Standalone install>/lib. Or if you are using Confluence WAR release, move to <Tomcat 5 install>/common/lib or <Tomcat 6 install>/lib.

  3. Paste the following code in confluence.xml or server.xml located at <confluence-install>/conf, inside the <Context>node (substitute username and password):

    Tomcat 5.5 or Tomcat 6
  4. Restart your Confluence instance.
  5. Add java:comp/env/mail/Session to your JNDI mail configuration from Administration > Mail Servers.

Note: You may optionally add mail.debug="true" into the <Resource> to see logs generated by JavaMail.

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  1. Jun 29, 2009

    Bob Kerns

    It almost seems like it would have been easier to implement the feature in the admin console than to document doing it the hard way...

    (Almost).

    1. Jul 30, 2010

      Martin Cleaver [blended perspectives]

      Y, why not just implement this in Confluence? This is useless for hosted installations!

      Thanks, Martin.

      1. Dec 11, 2011

        Anonymous

        I agree - how to do this with hosted?

  2. Dec 14, 2009

    Jeremy Largman [Atlassian]

    You may need to remove mail.smtp.socketFactory.class="javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory" to get this working on an Exchange server through SSL.

  3. Feb 27, 2010

    Anonymous

    I cant get this too work. I get a massive error starting with:

    An error has occurred with sending the test email:
    com.atlassian.mail.MailException: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name mail is not bound in this Context
        at com.atlassian.mail.server.impl.SMTPMailServerImpl.send(SMTPMailServerImpl.java:187)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxSMTPMailServer.send(JmxSMTPMailServer.java:61)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.admin.actions.mail.SendTestEmailAction.execute(SendTestEmailAction.java:52)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168)

  4. Jun 25, 2010

    Anonymous

    Hi,

    It seems this configuration not works with confluence 3.0.2.

    I try with confluence 2.10.x and it works fine but when i try to do the same thing with confluence 3.0.2, there is this error :

    An error has occurred with sending the test email:
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Mail server at location [java:comp/env/mail/GmailSmtpServer] is not of required type javax.mail.Session.
        at com.atlassian.mail.server.impl.SMTPMailServerImpl.getSession(SMTPMailServerImpl.java:119)
        at com.atlassian.mail.server.impl.SMTPMailServerImpl.send(SMTPMailServerImpl.java:169)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxSMTPMailServer.send(JmxSMTPMailServer.java:61)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.admin.actions.mail.SendTestEmailAction.execute(SendTestEmailAction.java:52)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.intercept(DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.java:55)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.core.ConfluenceWorkflowInterceptor.intercept(ConfluenceWorkflowInterceptor.java:35)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.xwork.interceptors.XsrfTokenInterceptor.intercept(XsrfTokenInterceptor.java:100)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.xwork.ConfluenceXsrfTokenInterceptor.intercept(ConfluenceXsrfTokenInterceptor.java:18)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.security.interceptors.CaptchaInterceptor.intercept(CaptchaInterceptor.java:46)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.util.LoggingContextInterceptor.intercept(LoggingContextInterceptor.java:48)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.core.CancellingInterceptor.intercept(CancellingInterceptor.java:23)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.security.actions.PermissionCheckInterceptor.intercept(PermissionCheckInterceptor.java:54)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.webwork.BootstrapAwareInterceptor.intercept(BootstrapAwareInterceptor.java:26)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.user.actions.UserAwareInterceptor.intercept(UserAwareInterceptor.java:57)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.CommentAwareInterceptor.intercept(CommentAwareInterceptor.java:44)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.PageAwareInterceptor.intercept(PageAwareInterceptor.java:109)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.spaces.actions.SpaceAwareInterceptor.intercept(SpaceAwareInterceptor.java:67)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.core.actions.LastModifiedInterceptor.intercept(LastModifiedInterceptor.java:39)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.core.ConfluenceAutowireInterceptor.intercept(ConfluenceAutowireInterceptor.java:38)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.atlassian.xwork.interceptors.TransactionalInvocation.invokeAndHandleExceptions(TransactionalInvocation.java:72)
        at com.atlassian.xwork.interceptors.TransactionalInvocation.invokeInTransaction(TransactionalInvocation.java:59)
        at com.atlassian.xwork.interceptors.XWorkTransactionInterceptor.intercept(XWorkTransactionInterceptor.java:56)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:115)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher.serviceAction(ConfluenceServletDispatcher.java:53)
        at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:199)
        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 com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:55)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:41)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ProfilingPageFilter.parsePage(ProfilingPageFilter.java:151)
        at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:54)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:55)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:41)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxFilter.doFilter(JmxFilter.java:105)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.java:19)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.util.LoggingContextFilter.doFilter(LoggingContextFilter.java:46)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ThreadLocalCacheFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalCacheFilter.java:23)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(UserThreadLocalFilter.java:44)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:204)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.TrustedApplicationsFilter.doFilter(TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:120)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.util.AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.doFilter(AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.java:30)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.BaseLoginFilter.doFilter(BaseLoginFilter.java:138)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:55)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:41)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.util.ClusterHeaderFilter.doFilter(ClusterHeaderFilter.java:35)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.AbstractJohnsonFilter.doFilter(AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:72)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.springframework.orm.hibernate.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:170)
        at com.atlassian.spring.filter.FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.java:29)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:75)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:99)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.core.datetime.RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.java:34)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.util.RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.java:25)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilterInternal(GzipFilter.java:81)
        at com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:51)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.cache.AbstractCachingFilter.doFilter(AbstractCachingFilter.java:33)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.webdav.servlet.filter.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:43)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:55)
        at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:41)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.encoding.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:41)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:44)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        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.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:849)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:454)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

    Anyone have an idea or a workaround please ?

    1. Jul 27, 2010

      Yubo Yang

      I came across the same problem, but after remove activation-1.0.2.jar and mail-1.4.1.jar from /confluence/WEB-INF/lib, it works fine.

  5. Sep 20, 2010

    Anonymous

    hi, marius here.

    I have an account with google apps, so my emails are all there.

    I followed the above steps, tried to make confluence use  myEmail@myDomain.com  (which is a user in my google apps account), but no luck.

    my error is as following

    An error has occurred with sending the test email:
    com.atlassian.mail.MailException: javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception reading response;
      nested exception is:
        javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected error: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors parameter must be non-empty
        at com.atlassian.mail.server.impl.SMTPMailServerImpl.send(SMTPMailServerImpl.java:191)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxSMTPMailServer.send(JmxSMTPMailServer.java:61)
        at com.atlassian.confluence.admin.actions.mail.SendTestEmailAction.execute(SendTestEmailAction.java:52)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
        at .....

    1. Sep 20, 2010

      Anonymous

      marius again

      followed instructions here: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Using+Gmail+as+a+JIRA+Mail+Server (that means downloading gmail certificate and try to load it in the keystore)

      but my jdk 6 did not come with the ca-certificates-java package installed..

    2. Sep 20, 2010

      Anonymous

      marius again

      followed instructions here: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Using+Gmail+as+a+JIRA+Mail+Server (that means downloading gmail certificate and try to load it in the keystore)

      but my jdk 6 did not come with the ca-certificates-java package installed..

  6. Nov 04, 2010

    Anonymous

    Hi,

    This does not apply for Tomcat 6 based installations anymore.

    "For Tomcat 6, unlike Tomcat 4.x, it is NOT recommended to place <Context> elements directly in the server.xml file. This is because it makes modifying the Context configuration more invasive since the main conf/server.xml file cannot be reloaded without restarting Tomcat.

    Context elements may be explicitly defined:

    • In the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml file: the Context element information will be loaded by all webapps."

    http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/context.html

    Also, is there a way to use Gmail as the mailserver and not having to enter the account password in plain text?

    Cheers,

    Beni

  7. Jan 01, 2011

    Anonymous

    <tomcat-install> - WTF?

    1. Aug 26, 2011

      Anonymous

      I agree. I can't figure out where the <tomcat-install> directory is either. So I just placed the two Java files "activation-1.0.2.jar" and "mail-1.4.1.jar" into the <confluence install dir>/bin folder.  When I try and send the test mail from the Mail Servers configuraiton area, I get the error message:

      An error has occurred with sending the test email:
      com.atlassian.mail.MailException: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name  java:comp is not bound in this Context
       at com.atlassian.mail.server.impl.SMTPMailServerImpl.send(SMTPMailServerImpl.java:187)
       at com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxSMTPMailServer.send(JmxSMTPMailServer.java:71)
       at com.atlassian.confluence.admin.actions.mail.SendTestEmailAction.execute(SendTestEmailAction.java:52)
       at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168)

      etc etc

      Any Ideas

      Adam

      1. Aug 27, 2011

        Adam Pemberton

        I've now figured out that there are separate logins for Atlassian and for Confluence documentation. Odd. Anyway the above post is mine.

        A small amount of progress: I'm pretty sure the Apache Tomcat install directory is the Confluence install directory. I also realised that the mail.debug="true" line was meant to go in the <Resource> node of the Server.xml file, instead at the end of the JNDI Location field. However this has just changed the error slightly. I now get:

        An error has occurred with sending the test email:
com.atlassian.mail.MailException: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name Session is not bound in this Context
          at com.atlassian.mail.server.impl.SMTPMailServerImpl.send(SMTPMailServerImpl.java:187)
          at com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxSMTPMailServer.send(JmxSMTPMailServer.java:71)
          at com.atlassian.confluence.admin.actions.mail.SendTestEmailAction.execute (SendTestEmailAction.java:52)
...

        I don't know much about Java but sounds like a context/namespace issue. So perhaps the Java libraries are not in the correct locations afterall.

  8. Aug 26, 2011

    Anonymous

    One other thing. I setup the gmail account with a password that included the "&" character. This caused the parser for the server.xml file to crash. Is there a way to set the password property in the XML file to properly read special characters such as "&"?

  9. Nov 06, 2011

    Alexander D

    Hallo.

     Easy workaround http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Apps/thread?tid=1780781e814d05e6&hl=en;

    1) download stunnel; http://stunnel.org

    2) install it as a service;

    3) edit stunnel`s config according the link above;

    4) run service;

    5) Use 'XXXX:25' as your SMTP server settings in Confluence, Where XXXX is IP address of stunnel; 

    Thats all (smile) 

  10. Nov 23, 2011

    Anonymous

    There is a different / old version of these instructions that should be deleted. Caused confusion and error.

  11. Dec 01, 2011

    Anonymous

    i'm not sure how to do this with the new way of doing this via an installer? I'm running the server on windows, and don't have WEB_INF or tomcat installed (or they're there, but have no idea where they are.)