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Bug
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Resolution: Low Engagement
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Low
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None
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5.9.10, 5.10.1
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1
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Severity 3 - Minor
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Summary
Upgrading Confluence recreates the mail-x.x.x.jar file that is moved when creating a JNDI Connection.
As explained on Setting Up a Mail Session for the Confluence Distribution, you need to ensure that you move (don't copy) mail-x.x.x.jar from <confluence-install>\confluence\WEB-INF\lib to <confluence-install>\lib (x.x.x. represents the version numbers on the jar files in your installation).
When you upgrade Confluence, the mail-x.x.x.jar file is recreated/kept in the installation folder. This causes issues when since email will not be sent when both files are in place.
Steps to Reproduce
- Set up a JNDI SMTP connection
- Upgrade Confluence manually
- Notice the upgrade tasks do not remove the mail-x.x.x.jar
Expected Results
The upgrade should check to see if there is a JNDI connection originally and remove the mail-x.x.x.jar file
Actual Results
The below exception is thrown in the atlassian-confluence.log file:
An error has occurred with sending the test email: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Mail server at location [java:comp/env/mail/GmailSMTPServer] is not of required type javax.mail.Session.
Workaround
The workaround is detailed in the guide Mail server at location is not of required type javax.mail.Session.
- Shutdown Confluence
- Delete the mail-x.x.x.jar from <confluence-install>\confluence\WEB-INF\lib (x.x.x. represents the version numbers on the jar files in your installation)
- Restart Confluence and attempt to reconfigure your mail server again.
Hi,
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