Using GMAIL server for email with SVAIREMAIL

[Guest.Visitor]

Tom,

I am trying to run Javamail_Hello world program and am getting "javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to
TransportSend Error " error.

My inputs are as follows:
//main pgm
msg = AirEmail_newMessage('myusername':'mypwd');


//service pgm

D svDefaultHost C CONST('gmail.com')

'
'
svHost = svDefaultHost;
'
'
// Host: URL Location of the SMTP server
svPropKey = new_String('mail.host');
svPropValue = new_String(%trim(svHost));
Properties_setProperty(svProp: svPropKey: svPropValue);


// LocalHost: Required or HELO will fail
svPropKey = new_String('mail.smtp.host');
svPropValue = new_String('smtp.gmail.com');
Properties_setProperty(svProp: svPropKey: svPropValue);

The reason I am using gmail server is that I am unaware of my companies mail servers url&host name.
I have pinged gmail.com from my IBM i and it succeeds(I can access gmail from my company network). I added couple of properties by referring
http://www.mkyong.com/java/javamail-api-sending-email-via-gmail-smtp-example/ to our service program but it still fails.

Could you please tell what I am doing wrong? and what is the difference between mail.smtp.host and mail.host
properties exactly??

Sorry to bother you,

-David

[T.Snyder]

Hi David,

Sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner. Gmail uses SSL, so you have to set some additional properties as follows:

<code>
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// NEW SSL SPECIFIC PROPERTY SETTINGS
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// Port: gmail typically uses 465
svPropKey = new_String('mail.smtp.port');
svPropValue = new_String('465');
Properties_setProperty(svProp: svPropKey: svPropValue);
// Auth: Set to True (Notice the 's' in smtps)
svPropKey = new_String('mail.smtps.auth');
svPropValue = new_String('true');
Properties_setProperty(svProp: svPropKey: svPropValue);
// starttlset.enable: Start TLS, which is the newer version of SSL
svPropKey = new_String('mail.smtp.starttls.enable');
svPropValue = new_String('true');
Properties_setProperty(svProp: svPropKey: svPropValue);
</code>

Let me know if this works for you. Unfortunately I am really bogged down this month, but I'll try to get back to you when I can.

Tom

[Guest.Visitor]

Thank you Tom, for taking time out from your busy schedule and replying to my query.
Well the good news I have is I did find out my companies Mail server's url and could successfully run the Hello world email program.

Coming back to using GMAIL server, I added the properties you gave me, it still doesnt work. Following is the error that is written to my joblog ( I am writing the error message to my joblog using an C API).

javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host:
smtp.gmail.com, port: 465; nested exception
is:java.net.ConnectException: A remote host refused an attempted
connect operation.

I am not very sure what the exact values my 'mail.host' and 'mail.smtp.host' properties should have / and what they are meant for, but I am using " smtp.gmail.com" for both of them.

I am researching on this error, I tried by adding some more properties I found in some posts on web, but it still fails. Well let me keep trying.
You may take a look at it when you are less busy(I am sure you will be busy most of your time after this awesome book!!! :-) )
Thanks as always.
David