Romain had suggested setting the "class" way back when. The reason it didn't work for me is this. I was setting the password using the "mail.smtp.password" property. But, it should be set using just the "password" property. So, kumm's configuration is correct. Finally, a resolution. -- View this message in context: http://openejb.979440.n4.nabble.com/Not-loading-smtps-resource-properly-tp4664442p4665602.html Sent from the OpenEJB User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.