[Dspace-general] dspace email problem

[Robin Taylor]

I don't think this will solve you problem but its worth mentioning that
Tomcat5.5 need Java 5 out of the box

" Tomcat 5.5 is designed to run on J2SE 5.0 and later, and requires
configuration to run on J2SE 1.4.  Make sure to read the "RUNNING.txt" 
file in the fulldocs downloadable file(s) if you are using J2SE 1.4."

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings !

Cheers, Robin.

Ps This makes me think, what version of Dspace are you using ? I think 1.4
required java 5 but I could be wrong.


-----Original Message-----
From: dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu]
On Behalf Of Roberts A.L.
Sent: 13 March 2008 09:38
To: dspace-general at mit.edu
Subject: [Dspace-general] dspace email problem

Dear Dspace General,

 

I am having a real problem getting email to work from DSpace. 

 

When I try and register a new user I am getting the 'Internal Error has
occurred...' message

 

The logs show the error as:

 

2008-03-12 16:39:08,549 WARN  org.dspace.app.webui.util.UIUtil @ Unable to
send email alert java.lang.NullPointerException
        at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:393)
        at org.dspace.core.Email.send(Email.java:257)
        at org.dspace.app.webui.util.UIUtil.sendAlert(UIUtil.java:559)
        at
org.dspace.app.webui.servlet.InternalErrorServlet.doGet(InternalErrorServlet
.java:86)
        at
org.dspace.app.webui.servlet.InternalErrorServlet.doPost(InternalErrorServle
t.java:94)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Application
FilterChain.java:269)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterCh
ain.java:188)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.
java:679)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDis
patcher.java:463)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatch
er.java:399)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher
.java:301)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.custom(StandardHostValve.java:364
)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.throwable(StandardHostValve.java:
213)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:135
)
        at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117
)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java
:108)
        at
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
        at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874)
        at
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processC
onnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
        at
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.jav
a:528)
        at
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWo
rkerThread.java:81)
        at
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.jav
a:689)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

 

My config file looks like this:

 

##### Email settings ######

# SMTP mail server
lsntex3.swan.ac.uk

# SMTP mail server authentication username and password (if required) #
mail.server.username = myusername # mail.server.password = mypassword

# From address for mail
mail.from.address = a.l.roberts at swansea.ac.uk

# Currently limited to one recipient!
feedback.recipient = a.l.roberts at swansea.ac.uk

# General site administration (Webmaster) e-mail mail.admin =
a.l.roberts at swansea.ac.uk

# Recipient for server errors and alerts alert.recipient =
a.l.roberts at swansea.ac.uk

I notice the only other person to have this problem on the list had an issue
with the wrong java version.

 

My version is the 1.4 one from Sun Systems with the apache compatibility
package installed:

 

ts-repo1:# java -version
java version "1.4.2_13"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_13-b06) Java
HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_13-b06, mixed mode)

 

Platform details are:

 

SLES 10.1

Tomcat 5.5

 

I thought the error may have occurred because I was running tomcat as root
and had built dspace as the dspace user. So I rebuilt dspace as root, but
this did not cure the problem. I have no idea what the problem is. The mail
server works fine for other apps and the firewall is not blocking port 25...

 

If anyone can help I'd appreciate it

 

regards

Alexander

 

Mr. Alexander Roberts

Web Development Officer

Library and Information Services

Swansea University/Prifysgol Abertawe

+44 (0)1792 513239