[MGNLSTK-419] When using the Contact Form template to send a form it fails with error validating form java.lang.Exception Created: 31/Jul/09  Updated: 23/Jan/13  Resolved: 06/Aug/09

Status: Closed
Project: Magnolia Standard Templating Kit (closed)
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 1.1
Fix Version/s: 1.1.2

Type: Bug Priority: Major
Reporter: Mark Coster Assignee: Teresa Miyar
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified
Environment:

Magnolia Community 4.1 on Mac OSX 10.5.7 with Workflow, Samples, and Standard Templating Kit 1.1.0 installed.


Issue Links:
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clones MGNLFORM-25 Improve form error handling Closed
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 Description   

Putting my own project's form to one side for a minute - just using the STK demo-project's contact us form or even the hosted contact us form on http://demoauthor.magnolia-cms.com fails upon sending the form. It reports an internal error.

Is this a bug or have I failed to configure something? I feel that as your own demouthor site fails perhaps a bug. There are no instructions indicating I have to set up something for email to work so if that's what I need to do I would be grateful if you would tell me where and what has to be setup to make the contact form work.

This is what I see in the catalina.out log once I press send:

2009-07-31 18:05:10,531 ERROR o.magnolia.module.form.paragraphs.models.FormModel: error validating form
java.lang.Exception
at info.magnolia.module.form.paragraphs.models.FormModel.execute(FormModel.java:98)
at info.magnolia.module.templating.AbstractRenderer.render(AbstractRenderer.java:76)
at info.magnolia.module.templating.paragraphs.AbstractParagraphRenderer.render(AbstractParagraphRenderer.java:64)
at info.magnolia.module.templating.ParagraphRenderingFacade.render(ParagraphRenderingFacade.java:111)
at info.magnolia.module.templating.ParagraphRenderingFacade.render(ParagraphRenderingFacade.java:89)
at info.magnolia.cms.taglibs.Include.doEndTag(Include.java:202)
at freemarker.ext.jsp.TagTransformModel$TagWriter.endEvaluation(TagTransformModel.java:431)
at freemarker.ext.jsp.TagTransformModel$TagWriter.afterBody(TagTransformModel.java:407)
at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:300)
at freemarker.core.UnifiedCall.accept(UnifiedCall.java:130)
at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:209)
at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)
at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:209)
at freemarker.core.Environment.include(Environment.java:1482)
at freemarker.core.Include.accept(Include.java:169)
at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:209)
at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)
at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:209)
at freemarker.core.Environment.process(Environment.java:189)
at freemarker.template.Template.process(Template.java:237)
at info.magnolia.freemarker.FreemarkerHelper.render(FreemarkerHelper.java:132)
at info.magnolia.module.templating.renderers.FreemarkerTemplateRenderer.onRender(FreemarkerTemplateRenderer.java:74)
at info.magnolia.module.templating.AbstractRenderer.render(AbstractRenderer.java:83)
at info.magnolia.module.templatingkit.renderers.STKTemplateRenderer.render(STKTemplateRenderer.java:89)
at info.magnolia.module.templating.renderers.AbstractTemplateRenderer.renderTemplate(AbstractTemplateRenderer.java:76)
at info.magnolia.module.templating.RenderingFilter.doFilter(RenderingFilter.java:93)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.BackwardCompatibilityFilter.doFilter(BackwardCompatibilityFilter.java:72)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.java:62)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.InterceptFilter.doFilter(InterceptFilter.java:121)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AggregatorFilter.doFilter(AggregatorFilter.java:103)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.security.BaseSecurityFilter.doFilter(BaseSecurityFilter.java:61)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.RepositoryMappingFilter.doFilter(RepositoryMappingFilter.java:90)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.CompositeFilter.doFilter(CompositeFilter.java:64)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.module.samples.filters.SampleFilter.doFilter(SampleFilter.java:57)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:76)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.CompositeFilter.doFilter(CompositeFilter.java:64)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.VirtualUriFilter.doFilter(VirtualUriFilter.java:115)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.i18n.I18nContentSupportFilter.doFilter(I18nContentSupportFilter.java:75)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.module.cache.executor.Bypass.processCacheRequest(Bypass.java:57)
at info.magnolia.module.cache.filter.CacheFilter.doFilter(CacheFilter.java:118)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.java:62)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.module.cache.filter.GZipFilter.doFilter(GZipFilter.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.java:62)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.CosMultipartRequestFilter.doFilter(CosMultipartRequestFilter.java:87)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.security.BaseSecurityFilter.doFilter(BaseSecurityFilter.java:61)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.security.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:88)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestAbstractMgnlFilter.java:62)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.security.auth.login.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.ContentTypeFilter.doFilter(ContentTypeFilter.java:84)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:87)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlFilterChain.doFilter(MgnlFilterChain.java:82)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.CompositeFilter.doFilter(CompositeFilter.java:64)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.AbstractMgnlFilter.doFilter(AbstractMgnlFilter.java:70)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlMainFilter.doFilter(MgnlMainFilter.java:96)
at info.magnolia.cms.filters.MgnlMainFilter.doFilter(MgnlMainFilter.java:199)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:875)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)



 Comments   
Comment by Mark Coster [ 04/Aug/09 ]

I have resolved my issue. I simply had to ensure my SMTP server on my Mac was running.

OS-X Leopard comes pre-installed with a Postfix version. Postfix just needs to be enabled and following sequence of several easy steps explains how to do it:

sudo vi /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist
add following line before the closing </dict> tag:
<key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>KeepAlive</key> <true/>
Start service with

$ sudo launchctl
launchd% start org.postfix.master
You can also start simply with "sudo postfix start" but the above command will start via launch sequence and test the configuration you edited in the previous step.

Check that SMTP is running:

telnet localhost 25

Comment by Magnolia International [ 04/Aug/09 ]

Cheers Mark !
Just reopening this issue to make sure such a situation provides a slightly more helpful message in the future.

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