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Email Listener fails to start with PRException
SA-64846
Summary
Email Listener fails to start with PRException. This occurs post upgrading the email server to MS Exchange 2013 and using the IMAP protocol for inbound processing.
Error Messages
00000016 SystemOut 16:10:32,682 [nectorThreadPool : 4] [ STANDARD] [ ] (tener.ListenerStateManagerImpl) ERROR - Unexpected exception.
com.pega.pegarules.pub.PRException: Failed to connect to
From: (BCDF6010B5B2E32C363D0F31E261DA779:(MBean Access))
at com.pega.pegarules.integration.engine.internal.services.email.EmailListener.setup(EmailListener.java:650)
at com.pega.pegarules.integration.engine.internal.services.listener.ListenerWrapper.launchListener(ListenerWrapper.java:138)
at com.pega.pegarules.integration.engine.internal.services.listener.ListenerStateManagerImpl.startOneListener(ListenerStateManagerImpl.java:713)
at com.pega.pegarules.integration.engine.internal.services.listener.ListenerStateManagerImpl.startListener(ListenerStateManagerImpl.java:618)
...
at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.run(HttpConnection.java:522)
at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1662)
Caused by:
javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception reading response;
nested exception is:
javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Unrecognized SSL message, plaintext connection?
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.readServerResponse(SMTPTransport.java:1611)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1369)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:412)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:288)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:169)
at com.pega.pegarules.integration.engine.internal.services.email.EmailListener.testConnectionToResponseServer(EmailListener.java:1355)
at com.pega.pegarules.integration.engine.internal.services.email.EmailListener.setup(EmailListener.java:648)
... 57 more
Caused by:
javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Unrecognized SSL message, plaintext connection?
at com.ibm.jsse2.c.c(c.java:121)
at com.ibm.jsse2.c.a(c.java:92)
...
at com.sun.mail.util.LineInputStream.readLine(LineInputStream.java:88)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.readServerResponse(SMTPTransport.java:1589)
... 63 more
Steps to Reproduce
In the Email Server instance, give the IP address of SMTP 2013 Exchange Server using IMAP with SSL checked by adding port 993 and send an email using this account . Email is not sent from the system.Root Cause
Issue with the SSL handshake. The Mail Box server requires SSL, while the SMTP MTA does not accept SSL. In PRPC 6.2SP1, SMTP is configured implicitly with the settings for IMAP/POP3.
Resolution
Perform the following local-change:1. Add the following additional settings for SMTP to the 'Advanced' tab of the Email Server rule:
- mail.smtp.auth.plain.disable = false
- mail.smtp.starttls.emable = false
- mail.smtp.starttls.required = false
3. Add this server to the EmailListener rule, in the field "Send Reply via Email Server"
Alternatively, the set Dynamic System Setting 'email/blockResponse' (Owning Ruleset: Pega-IntSvcs). With this setting, all EmailListeners in the system are disabled from sending any notifications, and therefore, no connection with SMTP MTA is established.
Published August 19, 2019 - Updated October 8, 2020
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