A mail provider encapsulates a collection of protocol providers like
SMTP, IMAP and POP3, while mail sessions authenticate users and controls users'
access to messaging systems. Configure your own mail providers and sessions
to customize how JavaMail is handled.
About this task
WebSphere Application Server includes a default mail provider
called the built-in provider. If you use the default mail provider
you only have to configure the mail session, which is the last step in this
task. To use the customized mail provider you must first create the mail provider
and session.
Procedure
- Open the administrative console.
- Click Resources > Mail.
- Click Mail Providers.
- Create the mail provider.
- Select the scope for the new mail provider.
- Click New.
- Type the name of the mail provider in the name field.
- Click Apply or OK.
- Define the protocol provider for the mail provider.
- Click mail_provider.
- Click Protocol Providers.
- Click New.
- Type the protocol name in the Protocol field.
- Type the class name in the Class name field.
- Click Apply or OK.
Ensure that every mail session is defined under a parent mail provider.
Select a mail provider first and then create your new mail session.
- Create the mail session.
- Click mail_provider.
- Click Mail Sessions.
- Click New.
- Type the mail session name in the Name field.
- Type the JNDI name in the JNDI Name field.
- Click Apply or OK.
- Configure the mail session.
- Click mail_provider.
- Click Mail Sessions.
- Click mail_session.
- Make changes to appropriate fields.
- Click Apply or OK.