most likely the pom you were copy&pasting from either inherited a dependencyManagement section which is specifying the version in that pom.xml
-S. On 1 July 2010 16:52, Konovalov, Oleg <oleg.konova...@aurorabankfsb.com>wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am very new to Maven, writing my first POM file. > > > > I am getting errors like: > > [0] 'dependencies.dependency.version' is missing for > javax.mail:mail:jar > > [1] 'dependencies.dependency.version' is missing for > javax.activation:activation:jar > > > > Here is a snippet from my POM: > > > > <dependencies> > > <dependency> > > <groupId>javax.mail</groupId> > > <artifactId>mail</artifactId> > > </dependency> > > > > <dependency> > > <groupId>javax.activation</groupId> > > <artifactId>activation</artifactId> > > </dependency> > > ............ etc. ........ > > </dependencies> > > > > These are plain java mail.jar, activation.jar > > There is no Version there. > > > > And actually these dependencies I took from another POM from another > project which works fine. > > > > What am I missing ? How to solve that ? > > > > Please help ! > > > > TIA, > > Oleg. > > > > > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the > designated recipient(s) named. If you are not the intended recipient of this > message, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, > distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This > communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as > an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial > product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official > statement of Aurora Bank FSB. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be > secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information > is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All > information is subject to change without notice. >