attachment import java null pointer errors

[archivistsarah]

When importing a collection (9 pst files total, using the emailchemy integration), I had 52,000 attachments import successfully, but also approx 14,000 attachments that did not import with this error message below showing up in the reports:

Ignoring attachment for C:\[local file path]epadd_emailchemy_tmp5339691712502667397\talks_and_writing.pst\Outlook Data File\Top of Outlook data file\Talks and Writing.mbox Message #6: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at edu.stanford.muse.email.EmailFetcherThread.handleAttachments(EmailFetcherThread.java:836)
 at edu.stanford.muse.email.EmailFetcherThread.processMessagePart(EmailFetcherThread.java:810)
 at edu.stanford.muse.email.EmailFetcherThread.processMessagePart(EmailFetcherThread.java:791)
 at edu.stanford.muse.email.EmailFetcherThread.fetchAndIndexMessages(EmailFetcherThread.java:1398)
 at edu.stanford.muse.email.EmailFetcherThread.run(EmailFetcherThread.java:1633)
 at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
 at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
 at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Import one or more .pst files into the appraisal module
2. After a successful import, check on the reports from the browse screen in the appraisal module

I can't tell from this error message if this is a problem with ePADD, the email attachments, our version of Java, or something else. But a colleague with more experience with Java suggested that this may be a low-level bug in the code.

• Windows 11
• Chrome browser
• ePADD 11.1
• Java SE Development Kit 11.0.18 [as per my IT department -- I do not have access to this information]

[jfarwer]

Hi,

Could you please send the files epadd.log and epadd.log.warnings from the epadd-settings folder?

You can upload them here or send them to libmanjochen@gmail.com.

Thanks!

[archivistsarah]

Unfortunately, I just realized we updated to 11.1 after importing that collection, and the logs were not retained when the new version of the app was installed. Apologies -- I 'd been assuming the old ones were still kicking around somewhere. So the only log and error files I have are from after the update and do not document this import process.

Could you tell me your best guess for if these error messages do indicate a bug and/or mean that attachments that would otherwise be retained by ePADD have been lost? (And so we should scrap this accession and re-do everything.) I hesitate to re-run the entire import unless I'm sure we've lost some content, just because it took days and tied up a PC that we use for other processes.

If I do re-run the import and this happens again, I'll update this issue with the logs.

[jfarwer]

Are you sure the log files are no longer there? Do you have a epadd.log and an epadd.log.warnings at all?

[archivistsarah]

Sure, attaching them here. These imports were run April 29-30th and the logs begin May 5th.

epadd.log

epadd.log.warnings.txt

[jfarwer]

Would you be able to share one of the .pst files or are there privacy concerns?

[archivistsarah]

No problem, I can send a sample file that triggered some of the errors. I'll email you directly.