java mail..plz help

[Rajeev Ravindran]

hi all,
im trying to send mail using the SendMailServlet which come up with the tomcat 4.0.. But the servlet is throwing the exception
ENCOUNTERED EXCEPTION: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name java:comp is not bound in this Context
I have kept the jar files in the /lib directory..i think some changes are necessary in the server.xml file..
can any1 tell me the real problem ??
thanks
Raj

[Rajeev Ravindran]

sorry i forgot to add this in the above post..i have set the value of mail.smtp.host in server.xml file.. shld i make any other changes to make the SendMailServlet working ???
Thankx
Raj

[Rajeev Ravindran]

me again,
i solved it...congrats to me..LOL..but one more prob, right now the email address of the sender is displayed on the From field of mail box of the receiver.. is it possible to set it to some name.. am i making confusion.. In short, I just want to change the display name..is it possible thru java mail api ?? how ???
thanx in advance
Raj
SCJP2

[darren schild]

Raj,
How did you solve your problem? I doubt mine is similiar but I am receiving a error upon instantiating the SendMailServlet class...
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/mail/MessagingException
Any ideas?

[lyo Yashnoo]

Hi

I come across the same problem,someone know how to solve it?

[Mike Curwen]

darren:

ensure that mail.jar and activation.jar are in CATALINA_HOME/common/lib

[Mike Curwen]

Raj:

Message.setFrom() accepts an Address. JavaMail accepts any properly formatted email address. The address spec (in case anyone wanted to know) is RFC 822.

That means, you can send in "john smith <[e-mail]>" and if your email client is configured to do so, it will display only "John Smith". There's no particular way to "force" a client to show parts or the whole email address though.

http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/822/55.htm

[Mike Curwen]

Okaaaay.

And I've just read the dates on those other posts.

Iyo, we'll continue this in your other thread