topic Email subsystem gets NPE at start in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/email-subsystem-gets-npe-at-start/m-p/276619#M229749 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>My SMTP server is MS Exchange. I can log into the Outlook Web App using the credentials as below:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>mail.host=smtp.x.y</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mail.port=25</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mail.username=alfrescosystem@x.y</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mail.password=secret</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mail.encoding=UTF-8</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mail.from.default=alfrescosystem@x.y</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mail.protocol=smtp</SPAN><BR /><SPAN># mail.smtp.auth=true</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mail.smtp.timeout=30000</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mail.smtps.auth=true</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mail.smtps.starttls.enable=true</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>with or without smtps I get the same error and the information in the log isn't every helpful. How can I get more information as to what is going wrong?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&lt;blockcode&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>2013-02-09 16:18:04,766&nbsp; ERROR [management.subsystems.AbstractPropertyBackedBean] [localhost-startStop-1] Error auto-starting subsystem</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'mail' defined in file [/usr/local/alfresco/alfresco42c/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/subsystems/email/OutboundSMTP/outboundSMTP-context.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1420)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory$ApplicationContextState.start(ChildApplicationContextFactory.java:714)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.AbstractPropertyBackedBean.start(AbstractPropertyBackedBean.java:667)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.AbstractPropertyBackedBean.onApplicationEvent(AbstractPropertyBackedBean.java:473)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.management.SafeApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEventInternal(SafeApplicationEventMulticaster.java:209)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.management.SafeApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SafeApplicationEventMulticaster.java:180)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:303)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishRefresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:911)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:428)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:276)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:197)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.web.app.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:63)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4791)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5285)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:618)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:963)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1600)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:557)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl.doSend(JavaMailSenderImpl.java:416)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl.send(JavaMailSenderImpl.java:340)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl.send(JavaMailSenderImpl.java:336)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.action.executer.MailActionExecuter.sendEmail(MailActionExecuter.java:632)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.action.executer.MailActionExecuter.executeImpl(MailActionExecuter.java:338)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.action.executer.MailActionExecuter.init(MailActionExecuter.java:278)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;/blockcode&gt;</SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:31:05 GMT arnieaustin2 2013-02-09T22:31:05Z Email subsystem gets NPE at start https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/email-subsystem-gets-npe-at-start/m-p/276619#M229749 My SMTP server is MS Exchange. I can log into the Outlook Web App using the credentials as below:mail.host=smtp.x.ymail.port=25mail.username=alfrescosystem@x.ymail.password=secretmail.encoding=UTF-8mail.from.default=alfrescosystem@x.ymail.protocol=smtp# mail.smtp.auth=truemail.smtp.timeout=30000mail Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:31:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/email-subsystem-gets-npe-at-start/m-p/276619#M229749 arnieaustin2 2013-02-09T22:31:05Z Re: Email subsystem gets NPE at start https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/email-subsystem-gets-npe-at-start/m-p/276620#M229750 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You are&nbsp; attempting to send a test message with "testMessageTo" property of null.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:29:04 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/email-subsystem-gets-npe-at-start/m-p/276620#M229750 mrogers 2013-03-01T17:29:04Z