I am using log4j to send an email when there is an exception. below is my log4j properties file configuration. log4j.rootLogger=WARN, R, email log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{HH:mm:ss} %-5p [%c{1}]: %m%n log4j.appender.email=org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender log4j.appender.email.BufferSize=10 log4j.appender.email.SMTPHost=myhost.com [email protected] [email protected] log4j.appender.email.Subject=Error log4j.appender.email.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout mine is maven project i have added dependencies for mail.jar, activation.jar and smtp.jar. But on application server startup itself i get below error: [ERROR] log4j:ERROR Error occured while sending e-mail notification. [ERROR] javax.mail.NoSuchProviderException: smtp [ERROR] at javax.mail.Session.getService(Session.java:782) [ERROR] at javax.mail.Session.getTransport(Session.java:708) [ERROR] at javax.mail.Session.getTransport(Session.java:651) [ERROR] at javax.mail.Session.getTransport(Session.java:631) [ERROR] at javax.mail.Session.getTransport(Session.java:686) [ERROR] at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:166) Am i missing any thing here? What is the root cause of the error? is it because of incorrect SMTP host name? or is it because of any missing/conflicting dependencies?