Fix email sending using smtp (FINERACT-1070)

build.gradle

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ allprojects  {
             dependency 'org.mock-server:mockserver-junit-jupiter:5.11.2'
             dependency 'org.webjars.npm:swagger-ui-dist:3.47.1'
             dependency 'org.webjars:webjars-locator-core:0.46'
+            dependency 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-mail:2.3.4.RELEASE'
 
             // fineract client dependencies
             dependency "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:$retrofitVersion"

fineract-provider/dependencies.gradle

@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ dependencies {
             'com.github.spullara.mustache.java:compiler',
             'com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path',
 
-            // JAX-B dependencies for JDK 9+
-            'jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api',
-
             'org.dom4j:dom4j',
 
             'javax.cache:cache-api',
@@ -80,8 +77,12 @@ dependencies {
             'org.webjars:webjars-locator-core',
 
             'com.google.cloud.sql:mysql-socket-factory-connector-j-8:1.2.2',
-            'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson'
+            'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson',
+            'com.sun.activation:jakarta.activation:1.2.2'
             )
+    implementation ('jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api') {
+        exclude group: 'jakarta.activation'
+    }
     implementation ('org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker') {
         exclude group: 'org.apache.geronimo.specs'
     }
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ dependencies {
 
             // Although fineract (at the time of writing) doesn't have any compile time dep. on httpclient,
             // it's useful to have this for the Spring Boot TestRestTemplate http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current-SNAPSHOT/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-rest-templates-test-utility
-            'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient',
+            'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient'
             )
 
     // testCompile dependencies are ONLY used in src/test, not src/main.
@@ -128,5 +129,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation ('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') {
         exclude group: 'com.jayway.jsonpath', module: 'json-path'
         exclude group: 'org.junit.vintage', module: 'junit-vintage-engine'
+        exclude group: 'jakarta.activation'
+        exclude group: 'javax.activation'
     }
+
 }

fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/configuration/service/ExternalServicesPropertiesReadPlatformServiceImpl.java

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class ExternalServicesPropertiesReadPlatformServiceImpl implements Extern
             String username = null;
             String password = null;
             String host = null;
-            String port = "25";
+            String port = "587";
             boolean useTLS = false;
             String fromEmail = null;
             String fromName = null;
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ public class ExternalServicesPropertiesReadPlatformServiceImpl implements Extern
 
                 if (ExternalServicesConstants.SMTP_USERNAME.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
                     username = value;
+                } else if (ExternalServicesConstants.SMTP_PORT.equalsIgnoreCase(port)) {
+                    port = value;
                 } else if (ExternalServicesConstants.SMTP_PASSWORD.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
                     password = value;
                 } else if (ExternalServicesConstants.SMTP_HOST.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
                     host = value;
-                } else if (ExternalServicesConstants.SMTP_PORT.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
-                    port = value;
                 } else if (ExternalServicesConstants.SMTP_USE_TLS.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
                     useTLS = Boolean.parseBoolean(value);
                 } else if (ExternalServicesConstants.SMTP_FROM_EMAIL.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {

fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/service/GmailBackedPlatformEmailService.java

@@ -18,14 +18,13 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.service;
 
-import org.apache.commons.mail.DefaultAuthenticator;
+import java.util.Properties;
-import org.apache.commons.mail.Email;
-import org.apache.commons.mail.EmailException;
-import org.apache.commons.mail.SimpleEmail;
 import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.configuration.data.SMTPCredentialsData;
 import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.configuration.service.ExternalServicesPropertiesReadPlatformService;
 import org.apache.fineract.infrastructure.core.domain.EmailDetail;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.mail.SimpleMailMessage;
+import org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 @Service
@@ -55,31 +54,42 @@ public class GmailBackedPlatformEmailService implements PlatformEmailService {
 
     @Override
     public void sendDefinedEmail(EmailDetail emailDetails) {
-        final Email email = new SimpleEmail();
         final SMTPCredentialsData smtpCredentialsData = this.externalServicesReadPlatformService.getSMTPCredentials();
 
         final String authuser = smtpCredentialsData.getUsername();
         final String authpwd = smtpCredentialsData.getPassword();
 
-        // Very Important, Don't use email.setAuthentication()
+        final JavaMailSenderImpl mailSender = new JavaMailSenderImpl();
-        email.setAuthenticator(new DefaultAuthenticator(authuser, authpwd));
+        mailSender.setHost(smtpCredentialsData.getHost()); // smtp.gmail.com
-        email.setDebug(false); // true if you want to debug
+        mailSender.setPort(Integer.parseInt(smtpCredentialsData.getPort())); // 587
-        email.setHostName(smtpCredentialsData.getHost());
+
+        // Important: Enable less secure app access for the gmail account used in the following authentication
+
+        mailSender.setUsername(authuser); // use valid gmail address
+        mailSender.setPassword(authpwd); // use password of the above gmail account
+
+        Properties props = mailSender.getJavaMailProperties();
+        props.put("mail.transport.protocol", "smtp");
+        props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
+        props.put("mail.debug", "true");
 
         try {
             if (smtpCredentialsData.isUseTLS()) {
-                // FINERACT-1070: NOT email.setSSLOnConnect(true); email.setSslSmtpPort(smtpCredentialsData.getPort());
+                // Needs to disable startTLS if the port is 465 in order to send the email successfully when using the
-                email.setStartTLSRequired(true);
+                // smtp.gmail.com as the host
+                if (smtpCredentialsData.getPort().equals("465")) {
+                    props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "false");
+                }
             }
-            email.setSmtpPort(Integer.parseInt(smtpCredentialsData.getPort()));
-            email.setFrom(smtpCredentialsData.getFromEmail(), smtpCredentialsData.getFromName());
 
-            email.setSubject(emailDetails.getSubject());
+            SimpleMailMessage message = new SimpleMailMessage();
-            email.setMsg(emailDetails.getBody());
+            message.setFrom(smtpCredentialsData.getFromEmail()); // same email address used for the authentication
+            message.setTo(emailDetails.getAddress());
+            message.setSubject(emailDetails.getSubject());
+            message.setText(emailDetails.getBody());
+            mailSender.send(message);
 
-            email.addTo(emailDetails.getAddress(), emailDetails.getContactName());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
-            email.send();
-        } catch (EmailException e) {
             throw new PlatformEmailSendException(e);
         }
     }

fineract-provider/src/main/resources/sql/migrations/core_db/V265__modify_external_service_schema.sql

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ insert into c_external_service_properties (`name`, `value`, `external_service_id
 
 insert into c_external_service_properties (`name`, `value`, `external_service_id`) values('host', 'smtp.gmail.com', (select id from c_external_service where name = 'SMTP_Email_Account'));
 
-insert into c_external_service_properties (`name`, `value`, `external_service_id`) values('port', '25', (select id from c_external_service where name = 'SMTP_Email_Account'));
+insert into c_external_service_properties (`name`, `value`, `external_service_id`) values('port', '587', (select id from c_external_service where name = 'SMTP_Email_Account'));
 
 insert into c_external_service_properties (`name`, `value`, `external_service_id`) values('useTLS', 'true', (select id from c_external_service where name = 'SMTP_Email_Account'));