javax.net.ssl.SSLException when sending mail using JavaMail

Question

javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception reading response;
  nested exception is:
        javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Unrecognized SSL message, plaintext connection?         


        

Answer 1

I was getting the same exception when trying to send email via the Hotmail SMTP server at smtp.live.com. Here are the settings that worked for me in the end:

mail.smtp.starttls.enable=true 
mail.smtp.port=587