You're introducing Session without getting the Session object from the JSP request beforehand You can obtain your HttpSession object from your request HttpSession Session = request.getSession(true);
HTH, Martin Gainty US 001-617-852-7822 http://www.laconiadatasystems.com (e)[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Tsang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 6:22 AM Subject: Newbie question about using the JAR file > I want to add a send email function in my JSP server (WinXP + Apache + > Tomcat), and download "JAVA Mail API" from web, I extract the zip file and > find there are a file named activation.jar, some *.java example file and > some doc files. > > But I don't know how to use this *.jar file, I copy it to the lib directory > under tomcat, restart the server, and run the following JSP page > ============= > <%@ page import="java.util.*" %> > <%@ page import="javax.mail.*" %> > <%@ page import="javax.mail.internet.*" %> > <% > java.util.Properties props = new java.util.Properties(); > props.put("mail.smtp.host", [SMTP Server]); > Session mailSession = Session.getDefaultInstance(props,null); > InternetAddress fromAddress = new InternetAddress([Email Address]); > %> > =========== > > But the following error is return... > =========== > Session cannot be resolved or is not a type > =========== > > Am I miss some steps in using the jar? And I also want to know how to use > those .java example file. Source code is return when viewing them in > browser. > > Thank in advance > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". > > Some relevant archives, FAQs and Forums on JSPs can be found at: > > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://forums.java.sun.com > http://www.jspinsider.com > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant archives, FAQs and Forums on JSPs can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://forums.java.sun.com http://www.jspinsider.com