PM23410: JAVAX.MAIL.AUTHENTICATIONFAILEDEXCEPTION is seen when connecting to mail store or transport

PM23410; 7.0.0.9: JAVAX.MAIL.AUTHENTICATIONFAILEDEXCEPTION is seen when

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException is seen such as the
  following:
  
  2010-06-10 09:02:02,648? - ERROR - (      FetchMailTask.java:98
  ):
  Could not open Mail Connection
  javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException
  at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:306)
  at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:156)
  at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:105)
  
  2010-06-10 09:02:02,649? - ERROR - (
  FetchMailTask.java:263 ):
  Error occurred while reading mails...
  java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not connected
  at com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore.checkConnected
  (IMAPStore.java:1364)
  at com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore.getFolder(IMAPStore.java:1201)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of IBM WebSphere Application      *
  *                  Server V7.0                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: If the mail transport or store port     *
  *                      is specified for the mail session       *
  *                      resources or if the username contains   *
  *                      a special character such as "" in the   *
  *                      username,                               *
  *                      javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedExceptio *
  *                      n is thrown when it tries to connect    *
  *                      to the mail server.                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The SessionFactory does not setPasswordAuthentication properly
  on the session resource in a way that
  getPasswordAuthentication could not get the Password to
  connect when the session has a mail transport or store port
  specified or the username contains an encoded character.
  

Problem conclusion

• The SessionFactory is fixed to handle URLName and
  PasswordAuthenication properly when the mail transport or
  store port is specified or the username contains a speciail
  character.
  
  APAR PM23410 is currently targeted for inclusion in Service
  Level (Fix Pack) 7.0.0.15 of WebSphere Application Server V7.0.
  
  Please refer to URL:
  //www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=404&uid=swg27006970
  for Fix Pack availability.
  

Temporary fix

• Before connecting to store or transport, perform the
  following on the session returned from the lookup:
  session.setPasswordAuthentication( new UrlNameConstructor(
  protocol, host, intPort, null, user, null), new
  PasswordAuthentication( user, password ));
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  PM19375

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE APP S

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0800

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

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