I’m testing out sending email through my vps and I’ve run into a problem when it comes to sending a secure mail through SMTPS. SMTP and POP3 functions work, as the email is successfully sent. SMTPS doesn’t.
I setup a simple test (JSP) page to send off an email. The code is provided below.
Transport t = null;
try {
String SMTPS = "mydomainname.com";
String Username = "maindomainemail";
String Password = "myhiddenpassword";
InternetAddress from = new InternetAddress("mrsmith@mydomainname.com", "Bob Smith");
Properties props = new Properties();
props.setProperty("mail.smtps.auth", "true");
props.put("mail.smtps.host", "mydomainname.com");
String protocol = "smtps";
Session ssn = Session.getInstance(props, null);
ssn.setDebug(true);
t = ssn.getTransport(protocol);
t.connect(SMTPS,Username,Password);
InternetAddress to = new InternetAddress("mypersonalemail@hotmail.com", "Tom Smith");
String subject = "testing email";
String newBody = "message body of email";
// Create the message
Message msg = new MimeMessage(ssn);
msg.setFrom(from);
msg.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, to);
msg.setSubject(subject);
msg.setContent(newBody, "text/html");
t.sendMessage(msg, msg.getAllRecipients());
t.close();
}//try
catch (MessagingException mex) {
mex.printStackTrace(); }
catch(Exception e) {}
On my vps, I had to follow instructions to setup secure smtp.
After running the jsp test page, I’m getting the following exceptions in my tomcat log file.
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:11 | DEBUG: setDebug: JavaMail version 1.4.1
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:11 | DEBUG: getProvider() returning javax.mail.Provider[TRANSPORT,smtps,com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPSSLTransport,Sun Microsystems, Inc]
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:11 | DEBUG SMTP: useEhlo true, useAuth true
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:11 | DEBUG SMTP: trying to connect to host "mydomainname.com", port 465, isSSL true
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | DEBUG SMTP: exception reading response: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception reading response;
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | nested exception is:
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.readServerResponse(SMTPTransport.java:1611)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1369)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:412)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:288)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:169)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.jsp.SendEmailViaEappsVPS_005fSMTPS_jsp._jspService(SendEmailViaEappsVPS_005fSMTPS_jsp.java:112)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:377)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:190)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:291)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:774)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:703)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:896)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:690)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:150)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1584)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:174)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:168)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:848)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:106)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:495)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:433)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:877)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1089)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readDataRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:737)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.AppInputStream.read(AppInputStream.java:75)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.mail.util.TraceInputStream.read(TraceInputStream.java:110)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:218)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:235)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.mail.util.LineInputStream.readLine(LineInputStream.java:88)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.readServerResponse(SMTPTransport.java:1589)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | ... 26 more
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:221)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:145)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:203)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:172)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.JsseX509TrustManager.checkServerTrusted(SSLContextImpl.java:320)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:841)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | ... 38 more
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(SunCertPathBuilder.java:236)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:194)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:216)
INFO | jvm 1 | 2011/01/06 12:29:12 | ... 43 more
What does this mean? Has anyone seen this type of exception before? What steps do I need to take to fix this problem?
Java is not finding the SSL certification, you need to manually add the host. You need to add server’s certification to keystore implying it’s your trusted server.