[JS1-523] mail.server setting in JetspeedResources.properties is ignored

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.6-dev
• Component/s: Turbine
• Environment: J2SDK 1.4.2, Tomcat 5.0.27, Linux Redhat/Windows 2000
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jaq Marit
• Created: 08/Oct/04 03:40
• Updated: 08/Oct/04 03:40

Description

The key "mail.server" setting in JetspeedResources.properties is ignored by Turbine when sending confirmation emails to users. This is caused by the following code in SendConfirmationEmail.java (among others):

Properties props = System.getProperties();
String mailServerMachine = JetspeedResources.getString( "mail.server" );
props.put ( "mail.host", mailServerMachine );
props.put("mail.smtp.host", mailServerMachine);

se.send();

Jetspeed uses the key "mail.host" whereas Turbine actually uses "mail.server" as the key when sending mails. As a result, the smtp server used when sending mails is always "localhost" (the default in Turbine) and not the smtp server set in JetspeedResources.properties.

To reproduce:
1. Run Jetspeed in a box with no SMTP server (or a server behind a firewall).
2. Set the key "mail.server" in JetspeedResources.properties to your SMTP server (which is different from the server running Jetspeed)
3. Set newuser.confirm.enable=true, newuser.confirm.email.from=[e-mail]
4. Try creating a new account via the top navigation bar. Set the email of the new user to an address outside your network. Use the admin account to enable the new user.

Wait for sometime, either the confirmation email bounces back to [e-mail] or the user never receives the confirmation email at all.

To resolve:
Change "mail.host" to "mail.server" in the following files: JLoginUser.java, SendConfirmationEmail.java, SendNewUserNotificationEmail.java, UserUpdateAction.java