Tomcat 5.5.12: custom mail resource property values ignored in META-INF\context.xml

[Steve Widmar <SW...@irf.com>]

I'm trying to configure a mail server resource, 
but I can't seem to get tomcat to honor the custom property values I've
provided.

In short, it uses [localhost] as the mail.smtp.host even if I set it to
something else (my actual smtp server).

Here's the details:

My META-INF\context.xml:
<Context reloadable="true" antiResourceLocking="true" override="true"> 
  <Resource name="mail/Session2" auth="Container"
type="javax.mail.Session"
            mail.smtp.host="smtp.bogus-domain.com" mail.smtp.auth="true"

            mail.smtp.user="me@bogus-domain.com" password="myPassword"
mail.from="myapp@other-fake-domain.com"/>
</Context>

(tried this without @override, and also like:
    <Resource name="mail/Session2" auth="Container"
type="javax.mail.Session" />
    <ResourceParams name="mail/Session2">
        <parameter>
            <name>mail.smtp.host</name>
            <value>smtp.bogus-domain.com</value>
        </parameter>
        ... etc ...
    </ResourceParams>
)

My WEB-INF\web.xml:
<resource-ref>
    <res-ref-name>mail/Session2</res-ref-name>
    <res-type>javax.mail.Session</res-type>
    <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>

The relevant code snippet:
    Context initCtx = new InitialContext();
    Context envCtx = (Context) initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env");
    Session session = (Session) envCtx.lookup("mail/Session2");
    java.util.Properties sessProps = session.getProperties();
    java.util.Enumeration propNames = sessProps.propertyNames(); 
    while(propNames.hasMoreElements()) {
      String propName = (String) propNames.nextElement();
      String propValue = sessProps.getProperty(propName);
      logger.debug("["+propName+"="+propValue+"]");
    }
    MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session);
    message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.BCC,
"me@bogus-domain.com"); 
    message.setSubject("subject");
    String messageText = "This is the \n message content";
    message.setText(messageText);
    Transport.send(message);

The relevant console trace:
 1672       [http-55120-Processor25] [mail.transport.protocol=smtp]
 1672       [http-55120-Processor25] [scope=Shareable]
 1672       [http-55120-Processor25] [mail.smtp.host=localhost]
 1672       [http-55120-Processor25] [auth=Container]
 2674       [http-55120-Processor25] Could not connect to SMTP host:
localhost, port: 25;
(... Exception stack trace)

I'm running tomcat 5.5.12.
Also, 
no changes to $CATALINA_HOME/conf/context.xml 
no $CATALINA_HOME/conf/[enginename]/[hostname]/context.xml.default
exists

I've checked the docs, searched the archives and googled, still stuck.

Can anyone point out where I went astray (on this issue; not in life in
general :-P), 
and what should I do different to make it work?

Also, where could I find a DTD-like explanation of the available
properties for this resource type?

Cheers,
Steve



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