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Also, the "cc" option appears to be missing from the documentation.

Also, the example in the documentation uses the old map syntax with :=" rather than

I have committed these changes to 9.8 as they appear to cause no regression, but before closing the issue we need

(a) to update the documentation

(b) to review exactly which of the mail parameters should be marked as required, and which can sensibly be omitted or defaulted.

Michael Kay wrote:

I have committed these changes to 9.8 as they appear to cause no regression, but before closing the issue we need

(a) to update the documentation

(b) to review exactly which of the mail parameters should be marked as required, and which can sensibly be omitted or defaulted.

The java mail API documentation gives details are required in the method getDefaultInstance(Properties props) on the Session class.

See: https://javaee.github.io/javamail/docs/api/

Also see: https://javaee.github.io/javamail/docs/api/com/sun/mail/smtp/package-summary.html

Which states:

It is expected that the client supplies values for the properties listed in Appendix A of the JavaMail spec (particularly mail.store.protocol, mail.transport.protocol, mail.host, mail.user, and mail.from) as the defaults are unlikely to work in all cases.

See Appendix A: https://javaee.github.io/javamail/docs/JavaMail-1.4.pdf

Key parameters:

• mail.smtp.user

• mail.smtp.host (smtp-server)

• to (is not in the appendix but is still required to send the mail)