Re: Problem sending e-mail from Servlet...

although the servlet doc gives a similar example, mail.from( "VamaNet" ); seems 
curious to me. the syntax of command 'MAIL' in the SMTP protocol is MAIL FROM: 
[a valid address]

i'm no java programmer, but the hex value of 'VamaNet' gives something with 
special chars in ascii that the server could understand as escape chars, is 
there a risk of 'charater set mismatch' between your code and the servlet ?

nicolas



----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel R. Cochran" <jrc@masi-brac.com>
To: <web400@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:36 PM
Subject: [WEB400] Problem sending e-mail from Servlet...


> I am trying to send an e-mail via a Servlet.  I am using the
> "com.oreilly.servlet" package (available for download at
> http://www.servlets.com/cos/index.html).  It has a class called
> "MailMessage" that should automate this process.  I am receiving the
> following error from the servlet:
>
> java.io.IOException: Unexpected reply to command: MAIL FROM: : 501 Syntax
> error.  Special characters only permitted with escape character.
>
> Here is the code that produces the e-mail:
>
> MailMessage mail = new MailMessage( "localhost" );
> mail.from( "VamaNet" );
> mail.to( "joelcochran@alumni.jmu.edu" );
> mail.setSubject( "Your VamaNet Subscription" );
> PrintStream mailText = mail.getPrintStream();
> mailText.println( "Some message." );
> mail.sendAndClose();
>
> Where is the special character in the MAIL FROM parameter???
>
> I am having a separate problem with my mail server (as in messages get sent
> but never received) but since this one isn't even getting sent I'm sure that
> isn't related...
>
> TIA,
>
> Joel R. Cochran
> Director of Internet Services
> VamaNet.com
> (800)480-8810
> mailto:webmaster@vamanet.com
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