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

Download Description

PM23410 resolves the following problem:

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.AuthenticationFailedException is thrown when it tries to connect to the mail server.

RECOMMENDATION:
None

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 special 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:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006970
for Fix Pack availability.