From Windows 8 could not send mail

Question

We wrote the code to send the mail through the Gmail SMTP server. It worked fine in Windows 7 machine but it didn't work in Windows 8 machine.

Configurations

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server
requires TLS or SSL: smtp.gmail.com (use authentication)
Use Authentication: Yes
Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587
Port for SSL: 465

Code

final String username = "aaa@gmail.com";
        final String password = "aaa";

        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
        props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
        props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
        props.put("mail.smtp.port", "587");

        Session session = Session.getInstance(props,
                new javax.mail.Authenticator() {
                    protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
                        return new PasswordAuthentication(username, password);
                    }
                });

        try {

            String itemNames = getItemNames(itemSet);
            String purchaseNote = "";

            if (delAddress == null) {
                purchaseNote = "You can collect the items in our store by giveing the tracking number with in 10 days.";
            } else {
                purchaseNote = "N/A";
            }

            Message message = new MimeMessage(session);
            message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
                    InternetAddress.parse("arjun@gmail.com"));
            message.setSubject("SuperDeal Purchase Detail");
            message.setText("Dear " + customer.getFullName() + "\n\n" + "Purchase Items: " + itemNames + "\n" + "Total Cost: " + totalCost + "\n" + "Tracking No: " + trackingNumber + "\n" + "Purchase Note: " + purchaseNote + "\n\n" + "Note: If you have any queries please call to our hot line 0112345647 any time.");

            Transport.send(message);
        } catch (MessagingException exception) {
            LOGGER.error(exception.getMessage(), exception);
        }

Error

68352 [http-bio-8080-exec-55] ERROR com.superdeal.mail.MailSender - can't determine local email address
javax.mail.MessagingException: can't determine local email address
    at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.mailFrom(SMTPTransport.java:906)
    at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:583)
    at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:169)
    at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:98)
    at com.superdeal.mail.MailSender.send(MailSender.java:66)
    at com.superdeal.servlet.AddOrderServlet.processRequest(AddOrderServlet.java:91)
    at com.superdeal.servlet.AddOrderServlet.doPost(AddOrderServlet.java:239)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:502)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:953)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:409)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1044)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:607)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:315)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
71600 [http-bio-8080-exec-54] ERROR com.superdeal.mail.MailSender - can't determine local email address
javax.mail.MessagingException: can't determine local email address
    at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.mailFrom(SMTPTransport.java:906)
    at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:583)
    at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:169)
    at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:98)
    at com.superdeal.mail.MailSender.send(MailSender.java:66)
    at com.superdeal.servlet.AddOrderServlet.processRequest(AddOrderServlet.java:91)
    at com.superdeal.servlet.AddOrderServlet.doPost(AddOrderServlet.java:239)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:502)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:953)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:409)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1044)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:607)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:315)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)

Please advice me why this works fine in Windows7 and does not work in Windows8.

Answer 1

You didn't set a From address in your message, and JavaMail was unable to determine an address to use. The latter usually occurs because the JDK is unable to determine the host name of your local host, perhaps because it used DHCP to get an IP address, and perhaps because the name service is configured incorrectly on the local machine.

In any event, the simple fix is to set a From address on your message, which you should be doing anyway.