how to configure gmail smtp server configuration using admin console in confluence

[Vikash Kumar]

Q. how to configure gmail smtp server configuration using admin console in confluence ??

There are two ways to configure smtp server as per the confluence Mail Servers page.

1. Server Hostname

I tried to configure this

Server Hostname _______________

I put smtp.gmail.com here but it takes smtp.gmail.com:25 by itself.

User Name ______________

vikash25june@gmail.com

Password _____________

**********

It append :25 by itself in Server Hostname and after I test send email gives error shown below.

An error has occurred with sending the test email:

com.atlassian.mail.MailException: com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPSendFailedException: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. sy10sm33744792pac.15 - gsmtp

And if I change smtp.gmail.com:25 to smtp.gmail.com:465

it takes infinite time with no response.

2. Server Hostname

For this I followed this link I do not find activation.jar (as it is not needed for the updated version of confluence) and I moved the email.jar to below path.

/atlastutorial/confluencePluginDemo/target/container/tomcat6x/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/lib

Shutdown confluence and tried changing the server.xml file at this location to add JNDI resource as per the link given below.

/atlastutorial/confluencePluginDemo/target/container/tomcat6x/cargo-confluence-home/conf/server.xml

<Resource name="mail/Session"

auth="Container"

type="javax.mail.Session"

mail.smtp.host="smtp.gmail.com"

mail.smtp.port="465"

mail.smtp.auth="true"

mail.smtp.user="vikash25june@gmail.com"

password="XXXXXXXX"

mail.smtp.starttls.enable="true"

mail.smtp.socketFactory.class="javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory"

/>

and atlas-run

This removes the above lines I have added to server.xml file/context.xml or server.xml file inside tomcat/conf after atlas-run and throw error "com.atlassian.mail.MailException: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name mail is not bound in this Context".

I have

1) installed atlassian sdk.

2) setup eclipse, maven and evertything needed for confluence plugin development.

3) created a simple plugin to add an web-item and tested that it appears by running atlas-run , Yes!! it appears.

at atlas-run, it downloaded many files for a long time and setup the confluence on my local inside my atlasttutorial folder. its here

/home/vikash/atlastutorial/confluencePluginDemo/

(list of directory inside the confluencePluginDemo is listed below)

LICENSE pom.xml README src target

Any help will be highly appriciated :).

Thanks,

vik

[Vikash Kumar · Accepted solution]

used my company's smtp service insted of gmail smtp and it works.

[anil kumar]

Hi,

how can I give the mail configuration details with company's details/gmail's. for sending notifications.

Thanks

Anil

[JohnA]

Hi Vikas,

I don't believe it is possible to configure GMail as your SMTP server for Confluence solely through the administration console because there are some file level changes that need to be made to setup the JNDI mail session for Confluence but you can read about configuring GMail as an SMTP server for your Confluence instance in this document: https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=42795030

All the best,
John

[Vikash Kumar]

Thanks for your spontaneous reply @John :)

Yes, I have gone through the said link only and changed server.xml file under given path as well as under tomcat/conf but it gives error that the mail (JNDI resource) is not bound in this context.