Just some clarification, hostnames SHOULD not resolve as 127.0.0.1, as they do when the error occur...
Sorry about that, Thanks, SaM On 11/11/05, Samuel Le Berrigaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > we have two applications running on the same server. One in a tomcat > server and one is launched from time to time (by a scheduler). > > Those 2 apps use commons-email, with javamail 1.3.3 and activation > 1.0.2... Somehow the application running into Tomcat fails to send > email after some time. Here is the knid of exception I get : > > javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: > 127.0.0.1, port: 25; nested exception is: java.net.ConnectException: > Connection refused: connect at > com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1227) at > com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:322) > at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:236) at > javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:137) at > javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:86) at > javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:150) at > javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:80) at > org.apache.commons.mail.Email.sendMimeMessage(Email.java:863) ... 5 > more > > The thing is in the configuration the smtp server we use is as host > name which cannot resolve to 127.0.0.1. The configuration is the same > (in term of smtp servers) for both the applications... > > I am wondering if it could not be some pb with the javamail API or the > way commons email uses it... I am sure (thanks to log files) that the > host name and port configured in commons email is correct ... > > The problem is that once it occurs once it will never work back unless > I restart the application (Tomcat)... > > I some one has any idea of what could happen, or some information I > should look into... I would greatly appreciate. > > Thanks, > > -- > Samuel Le Berrigaud > -- Samuel Le Berrigaud
