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EugenePipko
Inspiring
December 6, 2018
Answered

javax.mail.internet.AddressException: Empty address in string ``''

  • December 6, 2018
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Hello all,

CF 2018 Standard on Windows 2016.

Running the following code:

<cfmail to="epipko@unionbay.com" from="mail@cf_server.com" subject="Example email">
  Your Email Message!!!
</cfmail>

Getting the following error in mail log:

javax.mail.internet.AddressException: Empty address in string ``''

If you dealt with this error before, please point me to the right direction to resolve it.

Thanks,

Eugene

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Correct answer BKBK

Still, you gave no answer to my question. To take it further run the following in ColdFusion 2018:

<cfscript>

    writeoutput('isValid("email","mail@cf_server.com"): ' & isValid("email","mail@cf_server.com"));

    writeoutput('<br>');

    writeoutput('isValid("email","mail@cfserver.com"): ' & isValid("email","mail@cfserver.com"));

</cfscript>

The result speaks for itself.

2 replies

BKBK
BKBK
Community Expert
December 12, 2018

Hi Eugene,

Could it be a bug whereby ColdFusion 2018 stumbles on the underscore character? What happens when you use from="mail@cfserver.com"​ ?

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EugenePipkoAuthor
Inspiring
December 12, 2018

It works if I specify a valid email address, for instance:

<cfmail to="epipko@unionbay.com" from="epipko@unionbay.com" subject="Example email" server="smtp.seattlepacificindustries.com" port="25">  
  Your Email Message!!!  
</cfmail>
BKBK
BKBKCorrect answer
Community Expert
December 12, 2018

Still, you gave no answer to my question. To take it further run the following in ColdFusion 2018:

<cfscript>

    writeoutput('isValid("email","mail@cf_server.com"): ' & isValid("email","mail@cf_server.com"));

    writeoutput('<br>');

    writeoutput('isValid("email","mail@cfserver.com"): ' & isValid("email","mail@cfserver.com"));

</cfscript>

The result speaks for itself.

WolfShade
WolfShade
Brainiac
December 6, 2018

Check the mail log in CFAdmin.  If there's an issue, it _should_ be present.

HTH,

^ _ ^

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EugenePipkoAuthor
Inspiring
December 6, 2018

The error I provided IS from mail log

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EugenePipkoAuthor
Inspiring
December 6, 2018

Client was not authenticated.  No relays.  Must be a valid, existing email address.

My guess is that something, somewhere, is stripping out mail@cf_server.com from the FROM attribute.  Or the email server doesn't like it.  But it should be a valid, existing sender email address.

V/r,

^ _ ^


I am running this in CF9 just fine

<cfmail to="epipko@unionbay.com" from="mail@cf_server.com" subject="Example email">
  Your Email Message!!!
</cfmail>
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