Using Java Mail API. javax.mail.MessagingException: can't determine local email address Exception

Question

I'm using java mail API and it's working fine on a local machine but when I am deploying my web-app on a server, I'm getting an exception saying javax.mail.MessagingException: can't determine local email address.

this is my code

Properties props = new Properties();
    props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
    props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "465");
    props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
    props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
    props.put("mail.smtp.port", "465");

    try {
    Session session = Session.getInstance(props, new javax.mail.Authenticator() {
        protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
            return new PasswordAuthentication("[email protected]", "fromEmailPass");
        }
    });

        MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session);
        message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress("[email protected]"));
        message.setSubject("sub");
        message.setText("msg");    
        Transport.send(message);

        System.out.println("mail sent successfully");
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        throw new RuntimeException(e);

    }

Below given is the exception this code is throwing.

javax.mail.MessagingException: can't determine local email address

Answer 1

From this question: Failed messages: javax.mail.MessagingException: can't determine local email address

The author seems to suggest that this exception is thrown when the from address is not set.

MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session);
message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress("[email protected]"));
message.setFrom("[email protected]"); // <-- add 'from' email address
message.setSubject("sub");
message.setText("msg");    
Transport.send(message);