[java] java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/mail/Authenticator, whats wrong?

Even I was facing a similar error. Try below 2 steps (the first of which has been recommended here already) - 1. Add the dependencies to your pom.xml

         <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
            <artifactId>mail</artifactId>
            <version>1.4.5</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
            <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.1</version>
        </dependency>
  1. If that doesn't work, manually place the jar files in your .m2\repository\javax\<folder>\<version>\ directory.