Mitchell Ackerman [https://community.jboss.org/people/mackerman] created the discussion "javax.naming.NoInitialContextException in WebApp" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/751055#751055 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I have a webapp, running in JBoss AS7.1.1.Final.  In it, I am attempting to send an email, but am getting javax.naming.NoInitialContextException when trying to lookup SMTP: | | | | InitialContext ic = new InitialContext(); | | | | | Session mailSession = (Session)ic.lookup("java:/Mail"); | my standalone.xml contains:         <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:naming:1.1"/>         <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:mail:1.0">                                         <mail-session debug="true" jndi-name="java:/Mail" from=" mailto:test@test.com test(a)test.com&quot; >                                                        <smtp-server outbound-socket-binding-ref="mail-smtp"/>                                         </mail-session>                          </subsystem> the complete error is: javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file:  java.naming.factory.initial Anyone have any idea what is going on here? thanks, Mitchell -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/751055#751055] Start a new discussion in JBoss AS 7 Development at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]