title: com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPSendFailedException: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first
body: <p>I am creating an app in <code>play 2.2.1</code> and trying to add email facility to it.For that I have added dependency in my build.sbt file.But getting an exception explained below</p>
  
  <p>my code</p>
  
  <pre><code>        String smtpHost = Play.application().configuration().getString("smtp.host");
          Integer smtpPort = Play.application().configuration().getInt("smtp.port");
          String smtpUser = Play.application().configuration().getString("smtp.user");
          String smtpPassword = Play.application().configuration().getString("smtp.password");
  
          Email mail = new SimpleEmail();
          try {
              mail.setFrom("mymail@gmail.com");
              mail.setSubject("hi");
              mail.setMsg("This is the message");
              mail.addTo("mymail2@gmail.com");
          } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
  
  
  
          mail.setHostName(smtpHost);
          if (smtpPort != null &amp;&amp; smtpPort &gt; 1 &amp;&amp; smtpPort &lt; 65536) {
              mail.setSmtpPort(smtpPort);
  
          }
          if (!smtpUser.isEmpty()) {
              mail.setAuthentication(smtpUser, smtpPassword);
          }
  
  
          try {
              mail.send();
          } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
  
     }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Included code in application.conf </p>
  
  <pre><code># Email Configuration
  smtp.host=smtp.gmail.com
  smtp.port=587
  smtp.ssl=yes
  smtp.user="mymail@gmail.com"
  smtp.password="123456"
  smtp.auth=true
  smtp.STARTTLS.enable=true
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I am getting an exception</p>
  
  <pre><code>org.apache.commons.mail.EmailException: Sending the email to the following server failed : smtp.gmail.com:587
      at org.apache.commons.mail.Email.sendMimeMessage(Email.java:1410)
      at org.apache.commons.mail.Email.send(Email.java:1437)
      at controllers.SendMail.registrationSuccessful(SendMail.java:53)
      at controllers.JobseekerController.registerJobseeker(JobseekerController.java:62)
      at Routes$$anonfun$routes$1$$anonfun$applyOrElse$11$$anonfun$apply$11.apply(routes_routing.scala:185)
      at Routes$$anonfun$routes$1$$anonfun$applyOrElse$11$$anonfun$apply$11.apply(routes_routing.scala:185)
      at play.core.Router$HandlerInvoker$$anon$7$$anon$2.invocation(Router.scala:183)
      at play.core.Router$Routes$$anon$1.invocation(Router.scala:377)
      at play.core.j.JavaAction$$anon$1.call(JavaAction.scala:56)
      at play.db.jpa.TransactionalAction$1.apply(TransactionalAction.java:20)
      at play.db.jpa.TransactionalAction$1.apply(TransactionalAction.java:18)
      at play.db.jpa.JPA.withTransactionAsync(JPA.java:177)
      at play.db.jpa.TransactionalAction.call(TransactionalAction.java:15)
      at play.core.j.JavaAction$$anon$3.apply(JavaAction.scala:91)
      at play.core.j.JavaAction$$anon$3.apply(JavaAction.scala:90)
      at play.core.j.FPromiseHelper$$anonfun$flatMap$1.apply(FPromiseHelper.scala:82)
      at play.core.j.FPromiseHelper$$anonfun$flatMap$1.apply(FPromiseHelper.scala:82)
      at scala.concurrent.Future$$anonfun$flatMap$1.apply(Future.scala:278)
      at scala.concurrent.Future$$anonfun$flatMap$1.apply(Future.scala:274)
      at scala.concurrent.impl.CallbackRunnable.run(Promise.scala:29)
      at play.core.j.HttpExecutionContext$$anon$2.run(HttpExecutionContext.scala:37)
      at akka.dispatch.TaskInvocation.run(AbstractDispatcher.scala:42)
      at akka.dispatch.ForkJoinExecutorConfigurator$AkkaForkJoinTask.exec(AbstractDispatcher.scala:386)
      at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:260)
      at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1339)
      at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1979)
      at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:107)
  Caused by: com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPSendFailedException: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. cq6sm31661301pad.30 - gsmtp
  
      at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.issueSendCommand(SMTPTransport.java:2057)
      at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.mailFrom(SMTPTransport.java:1580)
      at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:1097)
      at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:195)
      at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:124)
      at org.apache.commons.mail.Email.sendMimeMessage(Email.java:1400)
      ... 26 more
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I solve this problem?</p>