Spring framewok email component (send mail to gmail)

[Poonam Kadu]

Hi Friends,
i've succeeded in sending emails using spring framework email component, within my organisation's email id's.But what are the additional points i need to take care of if i have to send a mail to say a gmail id?I got the following error when i tried to send mail from my org's id to my gmail id.

Failed message 1:
javax.mail.SendFailedException: Invalid Addresses;
nested exception is:
com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPAddressFailedException: 554 Relay rejected for policy reasons.

please advice.

cheers,
Poonam

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Poonam,
What mail server are you using? Does it have rules that prohibit sending external e-mail?

[Poonam Kadu]

Hi Jeanne,
I guess it's not prohibitting to send external mails because using my org's mailid i can send mail to gmail mailID's.
correct me if i am wrong..
Thanks,
Poonam.

[Nathan Pruett]

Lots of stuff could cause this, depending on how the mail server is configured...

You don't mention whether you are authenticating with the mail server before sending - perhaps it allows internal mail without authentication, but prevents outgoing mail? Maybe the account or IP you're using to send email has been configured not to allow external mail?

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Poonam Kadu wrote:I guess it's not prohibitting to send external mails because using my org's mailid i can send mail to gmail mailID's.\

Not necessarily. Your normal e-mail server is able to do that. If you are using a different one for the Java program, the rules could be more restrictive. Where I work, some servers can send external mail and some can't.