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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-43358

Upgrading Confluence recreates the mail-x.x.x.jar file that is *moved* when creating a JNDI Connection.

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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

      1. Set up a JNDI SMTP connection
      2. Upgrade Confluence manually
      3. 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.

      1. Shutdown Confluence
      2. 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)
      3. Restart Confluence and attempt to reconfigure your mail server again.

            [CONFSERVER-43358] Upgrading Confluence recreates the mail-x.x.x.jar file that is *moved* when creating a JNDI Connection.

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