Unable to send email using Exchange 2007 SMTP server

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Symptoms

When trying to use Confluence to send email through Exchange 2007 SMTP server, the following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:


An error has occurred with sending the test email:
com.atlassian.mail.MailException: javax.mail.MessagingException: Can't send command to SMTP host;
nested exception is:
java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: socket write error
at com.atlassian.mail.server.impl.SMTPMailServerImpl.send(SMTPMailServerImpl.java:191)
at

Cause

Exchange server does not have relay enabled for Confluence server.

Resolution

Enable relay for Confluence server in Exchange server.


Last modified on Mar 30, 2016

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