Web Content Addition / Updates Email Notifications fail.

• Type: Regression Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.1.0 CE RC1
• Fix Version/s: 6.0.X EE, 6.1.0 CE RC1
• Component/s: Web Content > Web Content Administration
• Labels: None
• Environment: Tomcat 7.0 + MySQL 5. 6.1.x Revision: 95149.
• Branch Version/s:
  6.0.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Epic/Theme:
  • WCM
• Fix Priority: 4
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/hhuijser/liferay-portal/pull/338

Before you start up liferay make sure that you have the following properties in your portal-ext.properties:

pop.server.notifications.enabled=true
pop.server.notifications.interval=1
pop.server.subdomain=

Here are the steps to reproduce this issue:

1. Navigate to "Control Panel -> Server Administration -> Mail"
2. Configure the mail server settings.
3. Navigate to "Control Panel -> Portal Instances".
4. Edit the Portal Instance's Mail Domain to gmail.com.
   • Click on the Portal Instance.
   • Fill in the Mail Domain(Required).
   • Click Save.
5. Navigate to "Control Panel -> Users and Organizations".
6. Add a User w/ a real Gmail address.
   • Click the Add button.
   • Click User from the Add menu.
   • Fill in the Screen Name(Required) field.
   • Fill in the Email Address(Required) field w/ a real Gmail Address.
   • Fill in the First Name(Required) field.
7. Change the User password.
   • Click the Password tab.
   • Fill in the New Password field.
   • Fill in the Enter Again field.
   • Click the Save button.
8. Assign the user to the Guest site
   • Click the Sites tab.
   • Click Select from the Sites tab.
   • Click Liferay from the pop-up.
   • Click the Save button.
9. Navigate to "Control Panel -> Roles".
10. Add a new Regular Role.
    • Click the Regular Role button on the Add menu.
    • Fill in the Name (Required)
    • Click Save.
11. Define the Permissions for the newly created Role to allow Subscribe and Access in Control Panel.
    • Click the Actions button next to the new Role.
    • Click Define Permissions on the Actions menu.
    • Select Web Content from the Add Permissions drop down menu in the Site Content section.
    • Check off the Subscribe checkbox in the Web Content Management section.
    • Click Save.
    • Select Web Content from the Add Permissions drop down menu in the Control Panel: Site section.
    • Check off the Access in Control Panel checkbox in the Web Content section.
    • Click Save.
12. Assign the new user to this new role.
    • Click the Assign Members tab.
    • Click the Available tab.
    • Search for your new user, then select that user.
    • Click Update Associations.
13. Sign out.
14. Sign in as the new user.
15. Navigate to "Control Panel -> Web Content".
16. Subscribe to the Web Content Portlet.
    • Click Subscribe.
17. Sign out.
18. Sign in as the Super Admin.
19. Navigate to "Control Panel -> Web Content".
20. Configure the Web Content Email Notification to be sent if a Web Content is added.
    • Click the Options icon in the top right corner.
    • Click Configuration from the options drop down menu.
    • Click the Web Content Added Email.
    • Check off the Enabled checkbox.
    • Click Save.
    • Click the X to close the pop-up box.
21. Add a Web Content.
    • Click Add.
    • Fill in the Title (Required) field.
    • Fill in the Content field.
    • Click Publish.
      • The attached Exception will be thrown.
      • The Email Notification will not be sent out to the User.
        
        
    • This error does not occur in this environment:
      • Tomcat 7.0 + MySQL 5. 6.1.x Revision: 95072.