Tomcat mail configuration

OpenKM is a J2EE application deployed in a Tomcat. Some parameters have a default configuration that fit common user requirements but others depend on specific user configuration.

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OpenKM sometimes sends emails to users (because they have subscribed a document or folder, for example) and you have to check that this email configuration is correct. If you edit the file $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml:

$ vim $$TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml

You will see something like this:

<Resource
name="mail/Session"
type="javax.mail.Session"
auth="Container"
mail.smtp.host="mydomain IP address"
mail.smtp.auth="true"
username="my email account username"
password="the email account password"
mail.user="my email account username"
mail.password="the email account password"
mail.port="25"
mail.transport.protocol="smtp"
mail.debug="true"/>

Gmail example

<Resource name="mail/MyMailServerName"
   auth="Container"
   type="javax.mail.Session"
   mail.transport.protocol="smtp"
   mail.smtp.host="smtp.gmail.com"
   mail.smtp.port="465"
   mail.smtp.auth="true"
   mail.smtp.user="myusername@gmail.com"
   password="mypassword"
   mail.smtp.starttls.enable="true"
   mail.smtp.socketFactory.class="javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory"
/>