Cannot use other mail address to send emails
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Symptoms
Performing Send Test Email
at Administration >> Global Settings >> Server >> Mail Server
with other From
mail address fail with the following result:
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This is a test email from FishEye 2.9.2
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550 5.7.1 Client does not have permissions to send as this sender
com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPSendFailedException: 550 5.7.1 Client does not have permissions to send as this sender
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.issueSendCommand(SMTPTransport.java:1388)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.finishData(SMTPTransport.java:1215)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:586)
at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:169)
at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:98)
at com.cenqua.fisheye.mail.Mailer.send(Mailer.java:215)
Cause
The Mail Address set as the SMTP server does not have the permission to send email on behalf of other mail addresses.
Resolution
Select the option
the Server address (below)
forSend emails from
atAdministration >> Global Settings >> Server >> Mail Server
Make sure that the
From Address
is the same mail address as the SMTP serverDo not send test email with any other mail address except for the SMTP server mail address in the
From
field
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