[GERONIMO-6515] Unable to set localhost for EHLO in Geronimo JavaMail

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: mail
• Security Level: public (Regular issues)
• Labels: JM14_1.8.5
• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Hendrik Saly
• Reporter: Grzegorz Tańczyk
• Created: 11/Jan/14 09:07
• Updated: 31/Oct/14 17:08
• Resolved: 31/Oct/14 17:03

Description

I encountered this problem in Apache James, where it was not possible to set proper domain for EHLO/HELO comand in RemoteDelivery.

After some investigation I found that it's a bug in Geronimo Javamail in MailConnection.java. getLocalHost function ignores all properties and takes `InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName()` each time, which is wrong. As a result mail delivery may not work in case of some smtp servers, you will get:

5.5.2 <hostname>: Helo command rejected: need fully-qualified hostname

I have prepared patch for this. This problem affects all versions.

Issue Links

• blocks: JAMES-1538 Unable to set localhost for EHLO/HELO in RemoteDelivery mailet
• is duplicated by: GERONIMO-6490 Unable to configure EHLO/HELO host name via property “mail.smtp.localhost”