Error in sending mail using ssl server

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Hi All
Please help in resolving the below issue i am getting the following error while sending mail. I am using the IMAP server and it is ssl configured.
DEBUG: setDebug: JavaMail version 1.4ea
DEBUG: getProvider() returning javax.mail.Provider[TRANSPORT,smtps,com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPSSLTransport,Sun Microsystems, Inc]
DEBUG SMTP: useEhlo true, useAuth false
DEBUG SMTP: trying to connect to host "mail.test.com", port 465, isSSL true
DEBUG SMTP: exception reading response: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: subject/issuer name chaining check failed
javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception reading response;
  nested exception is:
     javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: subject/issuer name chaining check failed
     at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.readServerResponse(SMTPTransport.java:1462)
     at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1260)
     at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:370)
     at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:275)
     at com.test.test.JavaMailApp2.main(JavaMailApp2.java:59)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: subject/issuer name chaining check failed
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readDataRecord(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.AppInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.mail.util.TraceInputStream.read(TraceInputStream.java:97)
     at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(Unknown Source)
     at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.mail.util.LineInputStream.readLine(LineInputStream.java:75)
     at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.readServerResponse(SMTPTransport.java:1440)
     ... 4 more
Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: subject/issuer name chaining check failed
     at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doValidate(Unknown Source)
     at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doValidate(Unknown Source)
     at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(Unknown Source)
     at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.validate(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(Unknown Source)
     ... 17 more
Caused by: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: subject/issuer name chaining check failed
     at sun.security.provider.certpath.PKIXMasterCertPathValidator.validate(Unknown Source)
     at sun.security.provider.certpath.PKIXCertPathValidator.doValidate(Unknown Source)
     at sun.security.provider.certpath.PKIXCertPathValidator.engineValidate(Unknown Source)
     at java.security.cert.CertPathValidator.validate(Unknown Source)
     ... 24 moreBelow is the source code of the program.
package com.test.test;
import java.security.Security;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.Authenticator;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.NoSuchProviderException;
import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Transport;
import javax.mail.internet.AddressException;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
public class JavaMailApp {
     public static void main( String[] args )
          String d_email = "[email protected]";
          String d_uname = "ots.support";
          String d_password = "password";
          String d_host = "mail.test.com";
          String d_port  = "465"; //465,587
          String m_to = "[email protected]";
          String m_subject = "Testing";
          String m_text = "Hey, this is the testing email.";
          Properties props = new Properties();
          props.put("mail.smtp.user", d_email);
          props.put("mail.smtp.host", d_host);
          props.put("mail.smtp.port", d_port);
          props.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable","true");
          props.put("mail.smtp.debug", "true");
          props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
          props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", d_port);
          props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
          props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
          SMTPAuthenticator auth = new SMTPAuthenticator();
          Session session = Session.getInstance(props, auth);
          session.setDebug(true);
          MimeMessage msg = new MimeMessage(session);
          try {
               msg.setText(m_text);
               msg.setSubject(m_subject);
               msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(d_email));
               msg.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(m_to));
               Transport transport = session.getTransport("smtps");
               transport.connect(d_host, 465, d_uname, d_password);
               transport.sendMessage(msg, msg.getAllRecipients());
               transport.close();
          } catch (MessagingException e) {
               // TODO Auto-generated catch block
               e.printStackTrace();
public class SMTPAuthenticator extends Authenticator{
     public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication()
        return new PasswordAuthentication("[email protected]", "password");
}I have also added the certificate to my keystore using the following command and still i am facing this issue.
keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias root -file mail_test_com.crt -keystore keystore.jks
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Answer 1

this is where i created the keystore.jks file
I navigated to the location C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13\bin in command prompt and typed the following command to create the keystore
keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias root -file mail_test_com.crt -keystore keystore.jksI was asked to set the password for keystore and then i was asked the question "Trust this certificate? [no]:" for which i gave yes.
If this is not the right place to create the keystore.jks can you please tell me what is correct location to create the keystore file.