JNDI email configuration NameNotFoundException

[zej]

I am trying to setup email configuration for Bamboo, same operation worked for confluence. But it always pop out same error. 

Server.xml was modified ,and two email.jar was moved to required directory.

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The mail settings you entered were not valid. Error thrown was: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name [mail/SmtpServer] is not bound in this Context. Unable to find [mail].

[zej]

I solved it ~ hah~

it turns out i don't need to add whole piece into server.xml, only the content in Resource tag is enough.

<Context path="/bamboo" docBase="${catalina.base}/atlassian-bamboo" reloadable="true">
          <Resource name="mail/GmailSmtpServer"
            auth="Container"
            type="javax.mail.Session"
            mail.smtp.host="smtp.gmail.com"
            mail.smtp.port="465"
            mail.smtp.auth="true"
            mail.smtp.user="<your-name>@gmail.com"
            password="<your-pw>"
            mail.smtp.starttls.enable="true"
            mail.smtp.socketFactory.class="javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory"
          />
</Context>

[Paul Roesler]

After putting the Resource stanza inside the existing Context tags, I also had to enable less secure app in gmail.

You can find out more here:  https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en

Hope this helps!