This blog article is a follow-up to recent blog articles regarding TLS v1.0 and v1.1 desupport by some browsers and third-party products.  This blog article covers requirements for using EBS Workflow Mailer with TLS 1.2 and third-party mail servers that have disabled SMTP and IMAP with TLS v1.0 and v1.1.

Oracle Workflow Notification Mailer is a key component of Oracle E-Business Suite Workflow. It is used to send and receive email notifications for EBS Workflow Notification System. You can setup SMTP Mail Server for outbound messages and, an IMAP Mail Server for inbound messages.

Oracle E-Business Suite Workflow Notification Mailer can be configured to connect to the SMTP and IMAP Mail Servers through TLS protocol for enhanced security. Workflow Notification Mailer is certified to work with TLS v1.2.

Requirements for Using Workflow Notification Mailer with TLS v1.2
To use Workflow Notification Mailer with TLS v1.2, ensure that your Oracle E-Business Suite has been patched and configured for the following:
  1. JDK 7 (at a minimum JDK 1.7.0_131)
  2. JavaMail API 1.5.4

What Do You Need to Do to Meet the Requirements?
To enable the EBS Workflow Mailer to work with TLS v1.2 you must do the following:

 1.  Upgrade your EBS to JDK 7

2. Uptake JavaMail API 1.5.4

For EBS R12.2

If you have applied the following latest recommended patches you already have applied the required prerequisites:

        and

Alternatively, if you have not already applied the above recommended patches, then you can apply the following:

For EBS R12.1

Apply the following:

3.   Setup EBS Workflow Notification Mailer to use TLS protocol.

Follow the detailed instructions documented in Connecting to Mail Servers Through TLS or SSL in the Oracle Workflow Administrator’s Guide.

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