javax.mail Error

[benny rusli]

Hallo everybody,
i created a send E-mail with javax.mail package, and got the following error : javax.mail.internet.AddressException : Illegaladdress in string ``��
Can someone explain me what should i do, i give the correct data for the E-mail sending.

[Tom Blough]

Post your code, and we'll try to help you find the problem.

[Jessica Sant]

I'm moving this to the "other API's" forum where javax.mail is often discussed -- so please post your replies tere. Thanks!

[Paul Sturrock]

Looks like you are trying to send a message with an invalid address. As Tom Bough writes - you could post your code, and perhaps someone can spot why.

[Gerry Morris]

I am a newbie having problems with javax.mail as well. Am developing on WinXpsp2 machine with j2sdk1.4.2_04. Anyway, I am trying to write a simple mail program using the following example code:

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import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.activation.*;


public class HelloMail {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
String host="your.host.here"; //your smtp host
String from="[e-mail]"; //sender's email
String to ="[e-mail]" ; //receiver's email

Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.put("mail.smtp.host", host);

Session session=Session.getInstance(props,null);

MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session);
message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to));
message.setSubject(" My Test email ");
message.setText(" Here is the content ");
Transport transport = session.getTransport("smtp");
transport.connect(host,"uname","pswd");
transport.send(message);
}
}
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Here is the ant script I am using to compile:

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<project name="Generic Webapp" default="compile" basedir=".">
<target name="compile" description="Compile Java sources" >
<javac
srcdir="src"
destdir="bin"
debug="false"
deprecation="off"
classpath=".;./src;./lib/mail.jar;./lib/activation.jar;./bin;"
/>
</target>
</project>
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Everything compiles fine. However, when I go to run it I get the following message : "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/mail/Address". I have been to every BB and devel site and have tried many different things and nothing seems to work.

Does anyone have a suggestion? Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

[Paul Sturrock]

Looks like your classpath is wrong, and the classloader can't find mail.jar. Try running Ant with the -verbose flag, this will show you where Javac is trying to load specific jars from.

[Gerry Morris]

The location of the .jar files is as specified in the ant file. Is this incorrect?

[Gerry Morris]

BTW, here is the ant output:

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$ ant -verbose
Apache Ant version 1.6.2 compiled on July 16 2004
Buildfile: build.xml
Detected Java version: 1.4 in: c:\j2sdk1.4.2_04\jre
Detected OS: Windows XP
parsing buildfile C:\projects\test\build.xml with URI = file:///C:/projects/test
/build.xml
Project base dir set to: C:\projects\test
Build sequence for target `compile' is [compile]
Complete build sequence is [compile, ]

compile:
[javac] HelloMail.java added as HelloMail.class doesn't exist.
[javac] Compiling 1 source file to C:\projects\test\bin
[javac] Using modern compiler
[javac] Compilation arguments:
[javac] '-d'
[javac] 'C:\projects\test\bin'
[javac] '-classpath'
[javac] 'C:\projects\test\bin;C:\projects\test;C:\projects\test\src;C:\proje
cts\test\lib\mail.jar;C:\projects\test\lib\activation.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-
1.6.2\lib\xml-apis.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\xercesImpl.jar;C:\javadev
\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\jsch-0.1.18.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant.jar;C:
\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-xslp.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-x
alan1.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-weblogic.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant
-1.6.2\lib\ant-vaj.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-trax.jar;C:\javadev\a
pache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-swing.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-stylebook.
jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-starteam.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2
\lib\ant-nodeps.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-netrexx.jar;C:\javadev\a
pache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-launcher.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-junit.j
ar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-jsch.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\
ant-jmf.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-jdepend.jar;C:\javadev\apache-an
t-1.6.2\lib\ant-javamail.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-jai.jar;C:\java
dev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-icontract.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-c
ommons-net.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-commons-logging.jar;C:\javade
v\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-apache-resolver.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\a
nt-apache-regexp.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-apache-oro.jar;C:\javad
ev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-apache-log4j.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant
-apache-bsf.jar;C:\javadev\apache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-apache-bcel.jar;C:\javadev\a
pache-ant-1.6.2\lib\ant-antlr.jar;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_04\lib\tools.jar'
[javac] '-sourcepath'
[javac] 'C:\projects\test\src'
[javac] '-g:none'
[javac]
[javac] The ' characters around the executable and arguments are
[javac] not part of the command.
[javac] File to be compiled:
[javac] C:\projects\test\src\HelloMail.java

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 4 seconds

[Gerry Morris]

AAAArgh!! I solved the problem. I discovered that if I use the -classpath option when I run the script ($ java -classpath ".;./src;../lib/mail.jar;../lib/activation.jar;" HelloMail) it runs correctly. So maybe that is what you were referring to. I was under the assumption that somehow when you compiled into a class that the location of the .jar files were magically associated. Guess it's true what they say about assuming...... Anyway, thanks for the help!!!