Allow and control sending UTF-8 emails in the default email sender impl

Closes #41023 Signed-off-by: rmartinc <rmartinc@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Schwartz <aschwart@redhat.com> Co-authored-by: Alexander Schwartz <aschwart@redhat.com> (cherry picked from commit 949ef35a3bda916b24763c435033258a84ba8596)
2026-01-09 23:12:06 -03:30 · 2025-08-15 12:43:38 +02:00 · 2025-08-15 12:43:38 +02:00 · 9f653d7e64
commit 9f653d7e64
parent 3cb390d188
12 changed files with 262 additions and 18 deletions
--- a/docs/documentation/server_admin/topics/realms/email.adoc
+++ b/docs/documentation/server_admin/topics/realms/email.adoc
@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ Auth Token Client Secret::
  Only needed when *Authentication Type* 'token' is selected.
  Supply the *Auth Client Secret* that authenticates the client to fetch a token from the *Auth Token URL*. The value of the *Auth Client Secret* field can refer a value from an external <<_vault-administration,vault>>.

+Allow UTF-8::
+  Enable to UTF-8-encode email address when sending them to the server. This should only be enabled if the mail server supports UTF-8 via the SMTPUTF8 extension. If disabled, domain names containing non-ASCII characters will be encoded using punycode, and addresses containing non-ASCII characters in the local part of the address will return an error.
+
+If you do not enable this option, take additional measures to prevent non-ASCII characters in users' email addresses:
+
+--
+. Verifying that no email addresses of existing users have non-ASCII characters in the local part of the email address.
+. Updating the validation of email addresses to prevent non-ASCII characters in the local part of the email address, for example, by adding a regex pattern validation in the user profile for the email address field similar to `\p&#123;ASCII&#125;*@.*` with an error message similar to `Local part of the address must contain only ASCII characters`.
+--
+
 ifeval::[{project_community}==true]

 == XOAUTH2 email configuration with third-party vendors
--- a/docs/documentation/upgrading/topics/changes/changes-26_2_8.adoc
+++ b/docs/documentation/upgrading/topics/changes/changes-26_2_8.adoc
@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// ------------------------ Notable changes ------------------------ //
+== Notable changes
+
+Notable changes where an internal behavior changed to prevent common misconfigurations, fix bugs or simplify running {project_name}.
+
+=== UTF-8 management in the email sender
+
+Since this release, {project_name} adds a new option `allowutf8` for the realm SMTP configuration (*Allow UTF-8* field inside the *Email* tab in the *Realm settings* section of the Admin Console).
+For more information about email configuration, see the link:{adminguide_link}#_email[Configuring email for a realm] chapter in the {adminguide_name}.
+
+Enabling the option encodes email addresses in UTF-8 when sending them, but it depends on the SMTP server to also supports UTF-8 via the SMTPUTF8 extension.
+If *Allow UTF-8* is disabled, {project_name} will encode the domain part of the email address (second part after `@`) using punycode if non-ASCII characters are used, and will reject email addresses that use non-ASCII characters in the local part.
+
+If you have an SMTP server configured for your realm, perform the following migration after the upgrade:
+
+* If your SMTP server supports SMTPUTF8:
+. Enable the *Allow UTF-8* option.
+* If your SMTP server does not support SMTPUTF8:
+. Keep the *Allow UTF-8* option disabled.
+. Verify that no email addresses of users have non-ASCII characters in the local part of the email address.
+. Update the validation of email addresses to prevent allow non-ASCII characters in the local part of the email address, for example, by adding a regex pattern validation in the user profile for the email address field similar to `\p&#123;ASCII&#125;*@.*` with an error message similar to `Local part of the address must contain only ASCII characters`.
--- a/docs/documentation/upgrading/topics/changes/changes.adoc
+++ b/docs/documentation/upgrading/topics/changes/changes.adoc
@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 [[migration-changes]]
 == Migration Changes

+=== Migrating to 26.2.8
+
+include::changes-26_2_8.adoc[leveloffset=2]
+
 === Migrating to 26.2.6

 include::changes-26_2_6.adoc[leveloffset=2]
--- a/js/apps/admin-ui/maven-resources/theme/keycloak.v2/admin/messages/messages_en.properties
+++ b/js/apps/admin-ui/maven-resources/theme/keycloak.v2/admin/messages/messages_en.properties
@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ displayName=Display name
 applyToResourceTypeHelp=Specifies if this permission should be applied to all resources with a given type. In this case, this permission will be evaluated for all instances of a given resource type.
 cibaIntervalHelp=The minimum amount of time in seconds that the CD (Consumption Device) must wait between polling requests to the token endpoint. If set to 0, the CD must use 5 as the default value according to the CIBA specification.
 envelopeFrom=Envelope from
+allowutf8=Allow UTF-8
 eventTypes.UPDATE_TOTP.name=Update totp
 updateCibaError=Could not update CIBA policy\: {{error}}
 policyUrl=Policy URL
@ -2719,6 +2720,7 @@ mappingCreatedError=Could not create mapping\: '{{error}}'
 deleteClientPolicyProfileConfirmTitle=Delete profile?
 passwordPoliciesHelp.forceExpiredPasswordChange=The number of days the password is valid before a new password is required.
 envelopeFromHelp=An email address used for bounces (optional).
+allowutf8Help=Enable to allow UTF-8 characters in the local part of the email address. This should only be enabled if the mail server supports UTF-8 via the SMTPUTF8 extension. If disabled, domain names containing UTF-8 characters will be encoded using punycode, and addresses containing UTF-8 characters in the local part of the address will return an error.
 passwordPoliciesHelp.upperCase=The number of uppercase letters required in the password string.
 policyDeletedError=Could not remove the resource {{error}}
 key=Key
--- a/js/apps/admin-ui/src/realm-settings/EmailTab.tsx
+++ b/js/apps/admin-ui/src/realm-settings/EmailTab.tsx
@ -302,6 +302,16 @@ export const RealmSettingsEmailTab = ({
                )}
              </>
            )}
+            <SwitchControl
+              name="smtpServer.allowutf8"
+              label={t("allowutf8")}
+              labelIcon={t("allowutf8Help")}
+              data-testid="smtpServer.allowutf8"
+              defaultValue=""
+              labelOn={t("enabled")}
+              labelOff={t("disabled")}
+              stringify
+            />
            <Controller
              name="smtpServer.debug"
              control={control}
--- a/operator/src/test/java/org/keycloak/operator/testsuite/integration/RealmImportTest.java
+++ b/operator/src/test/java/org/keycloak/operator/testsuite/integration/RealmImportTest.java
@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class RealmImportTest extends BaseOperatorTest {
        k8sclient.getKubernetesSerialization().registerKubernetesResource(KeycloakRealmImport.class);
        K8sUtils.set(k8sclient, getClass().getResourceAsStream("/example-realm.yaml"), obj -> {
            KeycloakRealmImport realmImport = (KeycloakRealmImport) obj;
-            realmImport.getSpec().getRealm().setSmtpServer(Map.of("port", "${MY_SMTP_PORT}", "host", "${MY_SMTP_SERVER}"));
+            realmImport.getSpec().getRealm().setSmtpServer(Map.of("port", "${MY_SMTP_PORT}", "host", "${MY_SMTP_SERVER}", "from", "admin@keycloak.org"));
            realmImport.getSpec().setPlaceholders(Map.of("MY_SMTP_PORT", new Placeholder(new SecretKeySelectorBuilder().withName("keycloak-smtp-secret").withKey("SMTP_PORT").build()),
                            "MY_SMTP_SERVER", new Placeholder(new SecretKeySelectorBuilder().withName("keycloak-smtp-secret").withKey("SMTP_SERVER").build())));
            return realmImport;
--- a/server-spi-private/src/main/java/org/keycloak/email/EmailSenderProvider.java
+++ b/server-spi-private/src/main/java/org/keycloak/email/EmailSenderProvider.java
@ -32,4 +32,11 @@ public interface EmailSenderProvider extends Provider {
    }

    void send(Map<String, String> config, String address, String subject, String textBody, String htmlBody) throws EmailException;
+
+    /**
+     * Validates configuration for the SMTP sender.
+     * @param config The configuration to test
+     * @throws EmailException If some error is found
+     */
+    void validate(Map<String, String> config) throws EmailException;
 }
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/email/DefaultEmailSenderProvider.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/email/DefaultEmailSenderProvider.java
@ -17,13 +17,14 @@

 package org.keycloak.email;

-import jakarta.mail.internet.MimeUtility;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 import org.keycloak.common.enums.HostnameVerificationPolicy;
 import org.keycloak.models.KeycloakSession;
 import org.keycloak.models.UserModel;
 import org.keycloak.services.ServicesLogger;
 import org.keycloak.truststore.JSSETruststoreConfigurator;
+import org.keycloak.utils.EmailValidationUtil;
+import org.keycloak.utils.SMTPUtil;

 import jakarta.mail.Address;
 import jakarta.mail.MessagingException;
@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import jakarta.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
 import jakarta.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
 import jakarta.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;
 import jakarta.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
+import jakarta.mail.internet.MimeUtility;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
@ -74,16 +76,20 @@ public class DefaultEmailSenderProvider implements EmailSenderProvider {

    @Override
    public void send(Map<String, String> config, String address, String subject, String textBody, String htmlBody) throws EmailException {
-        Session session = Session.getInstance(buildEmailProperties(config));
+        final boolean allowutf8 = isAllowUTF8(config);
+        final String convertedAddress = checkUserAddress(address, allowutf8);
+        final String from = checkFromAddress(config.get("from"), allowutf8);

-        Message message = buildMessage(session, address, subject, config, buildMultipartBody(textBody, htmlBody));
+        Session session = Session.getInstance(buildEmailProperties(config, from));
+
+        Message message = buildMessage(session, convertedAddress, from, subject, config, buildMultipartBody(textBody, htmlBody));

        try(Transport transport = session.getTransport("smtp")) {

            EmailAuthenticator selectedAuthenticator = selectAuthenticatorBasedOnConfig(config);
            selectedAuthenticator.connect(this.session, config, transport);

-            transport.sendMessage(message, new InternetAddress[]{new InternetAddress(address)});
+            transport.sendMessage(message, new InternetAddress[]{new InternetAddress(convertedAddress)});

        } catch (Exception e) {
            ServicesLogger.LOGGER.failedToSendEmail(e);
@ -91,7 +97,13 @@ public class DefaultEmailSenderProvider implements EmailSenderProvider {
        }
    }

-    private Properties buildEmailProperties(Map<String, String> config) throws EmailException {
+    @Override
+    public void validate(Map<String, String> config) throws EmailException {
+        // just static configuration checking here, not really testing email
+        checkFromAddress(config.get("from"), isAllowUTF8(config));
+    }
+
+    private Properties buildEmailProperties(Map<String, String> config, String from) throws EmailException {
        Properties props = new Properties();

        if (config.containsKey("host")) {
@ -137,9 +149,9 @@ public class DefaultEmailSenderProvider implements EmailSenderProvider {
            props.setProperty("mail.smtp.from", envelopeFrom);
        }

-        String from = config.get("from");
-        if (from == null) {
-            throw new EmailException("No sender address configured in the realm settings for emails");
+        final boolean allowutf8 = isAllowUTF8(config);
+        if (allowutf8) {
+            props.setProperty("mail.mime.allowutf8", "true");
        }

        // Specify 'mail.from' as InternetAddress.getLocalAddress() would otherwise do a InetAddress.getCanonicalHostName
@ -150,12 +162,8 @@ public class DefaultEmailSenderProvider implements EmailSenderProvider {
        return props;
    }

-    private Message buildMessage(Session session, String address, String subject, Map<String, String> config, Multipart multipart) throws EmailException {
+    private Message buildMessage(Session session, String address, String from, String subject, Map<String, String> config, Multipart multipart) throws EmailException {

-        String from = config.get("from");
-        if (from == null) {
-            throw new EmailException("No sender address configured in the realm settings for emails");
-        }
        String fromDisplayName = config.get("fromDisplayName");
        String replyTo = config.get("replyTo");
        String replyToDisplayName = config.get("replyToDisplayName");
@ -224,6 +232,10 @@ public class DefaultEmailSenderProvider implements EmailSenderProvider {
        return "true".equals(config.get("ssl"));
    }

+    private static boolean isAllowUTF8(Map<String, String> config) {
+        return "true".equals(config.get("allowutf8"));
+    }
+
    private static boolean isDebugEnabled(Map<String, String> config) {
        return "true".equals(config.get("debug"));
    }
@ -236,6 +248,42 @@ public class DefaultEmailSenderProvider implements EmailSenderProvider {
        return "token".equals(config.get("authType"));
    }

+    private static String checkUserAddress(String address, boolean allowutf8) throws EmailException {
+        final String convertedAddress = convertEmail(address, allowutf8);
+        if (convertedAddress == null) {
+            throw new EmailException(String.format("Invalid address '%s'. If the address contains UTF-8 characters in the local part please ensure the SMTP server supports the SMTPUTF8 extension and enable 'Allow UTF-8' in the email realm configuration.", address));
+        }
+        return convertedAddress;
+    }
+
+    private static String checkFromAddress(String from, boolean allowutf8) throws EmailException {
+        final String covertedFrom = convertEmail(from, allowutf8);
+        if (from == null) {
+            throw new EmailException(String.format("Invalid sender address '%s'. If the address contains UTF-8 characters in the local part please ensure the SMTP server supports the SMTPUTF8 extension and enable 'Allow UTF-8' in the email realm configuration.",
+                    from));
+        }
+        return covertedFrom;
+    }
+
+    private static String convertEmail(String email, boolean allowutf8) throws EmailException {
+        if (!EmailValidationUtil.isValidEmail(email)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (allowutf8) {
+            // if allowutf8 the extension will manage both parts
+            return email;
+        }
+
+        // if no allowutf8, do the IDN conversion over the domain part
+        final String convertedEmail = SMTPUtil.convertIDNEmailAddress(email);
+        if (convertedEmail == null || !convertedEmail.chars().allMatch(c -> c < 128)) {
+            // now if there are non-ascii characters, we should send an error
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return convertedEmail;
+    }

    protected InternetAddress toInternetAddress(String email, String displayName) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, AddressException, EmailException {
        if (email == null || "".equals(email.trim())) {
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/services/managers/RealmManager.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/services/managers/RealmManager.java
@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 */
 package org.keycloak.services.managers;

+import jakarta.ws.rs.BadRequestException;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.ClientErrorException;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import org.keycloak.Config;
@ -69,7 +70,9 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import org.keycloak.email.EmailException;
 import org.keycloak.utils.ReservedCharValidator;
+import org.keycloak.utils.SMTPUtil;
 import org.keycloak.utils.StringUtil;

 /**
@ -555,6 +558,7 @@ public class RealmManager {
            ReservedCharValidator.validate(rep.getRealm());
            ReservedCharValidator.validateLocales(rep.getSupportedLocales());
            ReservedCharValidator.validateSecurityHeaders(rep.getBrowserSecurityHeaders());
+            SMTPUtil.checkSMTPConfiguration(session, rep.getSmtpServer());
            realm.setName(rep.getRealm());

            // setup defaults
@ -668,6 +672,8 @@ public class RealmManager {
            session.clientPolicy().updateRealmModelFromRepresentation(realm, rep);

            fireRealmPostCreate(realm);
+        } catch (EmailException e) {
+            throw new BadRequestException(e.getMessage());
        } finally {
            session.getContext().setRealm(currentRealm);
        }
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/services/resources/admin/RealmAdminResource.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/services/resources/admin/RealmAdminResource.java
@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import org.keycloak.common.Profile;
 import org.keycloak.common.VerificationException;
 import org.keycloak.common.util.PemUtils;
 import org.keycloak.email.EmailAuthenticator;
+import org.keycloak.email.EmailException;
 import org.keycloak.email.EmailTemplateProvider;
 import org.keycloak.events.EventQuery;
 import org.keycloak.events.EventStoreProvider;
@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ import org.keycloak.storage.StoreSyncEvent;
 import org.keycloak.utils.GroupUtils;
 import org.keycloak.utils.ProfileHelper;
 import org.keycloak.utils.ReservedCharValidator;
+import org.keycloak.utils.SMTPUtil;

 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
@ -474,6 +476,13 @@ public class RealmAdminResource {
            throw ErrorResponse.error(e.getMessage(), Status.BAD_REQUEST);
        }

+        try {
+            SMTPUtil.checkSMTPConfiguration(session, rep.getSmtpServer());
+        } catch (EmailException e) {
+            logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw ErrorResponse.error(e.getMessage(), Status.BAD_REQUEST);
+        }
+
        try {
            if (!Constants.GENERATE.equals(rep.getPublicKey()) && (rep.getPrivateKey() != null && rep.getPublicKey() != null)) {
                try {
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/utils/SMTPUtil.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/utils/SMTPUtil.java
@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
+ * and other contributors as indicated by the @author tags.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.keycloak.utils;
+
+import java.net.IDN;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.keycloak.email.EmailException;
+import org.keycloak.email.EmailSenderProvider;
+import org.keycloak.models.KeycloakSession;
+
+/**
+ * SMTP utility methods.
+ *
+ * @author rmartinc
+ */
+public class SMTPUtil {
+
+    private SMTPUtil() {
+        // static helper class
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validates the configuration using the email sender provider.
+     *
+     * @param session The keycloak session to use
+     * @param config The configuration to validate
+     * @throws EmailException If some error is found in the configuration
+     */
+    public static void checkSMTPConfiguration(KeycloakSession session, Map<String, String> config) throws EmailException {
+        if (config == null || config.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final EmailSenderProvider sender = session.getProvider(EmailSenderProvider.class);
+        sender.validate(config);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts an email address to its ASCII representation using punycode
+     * (IDN.toASCII) for the domain part. The local part is not modified.
+     *
+     * @param email The email to convert
+     * @return The converted email or null (if IDN.toASCII throws an exception)
+     */
+    public static String convertIDNEmailAddress(String email) {
+        final int idx = email == null ? -1 : email.indexOf('@');
+        if (idx < 0) {
+            return email;
+        }
+        try {
+            return email.substring(0, idx) + '@' + IDN.toASCII(email.substring(idx + 1));
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
--- a/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/tests/admin/SMTPConnectionTest.java
+++ b/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/tests/admin/SMTPConnectionTest.java
@ -24,11 +24,14 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestMethodOrder;
 import org.keycloak.admin.client.Keycloak;
 import org.keycloak.admin.client.resource.RealmResource;
+import org.keycloak.admin.client.resource.UserResource;
 import org.keycloak.models.AdminRoles;
 import org.keycloak.models.Constants;
 import org.keycloak.representations.AccessToken;
 import org.keycloak.representations.idm.RealmRepresentation;
+import org.keycloak.representations.idm.UserRepresentation;

+import jakarta.mail.Address;
 import jakarta.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import org.keycloak.testframework.annotations.InjectAdminClient;
@ -45,11 +48,13 @@ import org.keycloak.testframework.realm.RealmConfigBuilder;
 import org.keycloak.testframework.server.KeycloakUrls;

 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;

 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 import static org.keycloak.representations.idm.ComponentRepresentation.SECRET_VALUE;

@ -115,7 +120,7 @@ public class SMTPConnectionTest {

        RealmRepresentation realmRep = realm.toRepresentation();
        realmRep.setSmtpServer(smtpMap("127.0.0.1", "3025", "auto@keycloak.org", "true", null, null,
-                "admin@localhost", password, null, null));
+                "admin@localhost", password, null, null, null));
        managedRealm.updateWithCleanup(r -> r.update(realmRep));

        mailServer.credentials("admin@localhost", password);
@ -220,9 +225,54 @@ public class SMTPConnectionTest {

    }

+    @Test
+    @Order(9)
+    public void testAllowUTF8() throws Exception {
+        // utf8 on from not allowed if allowutf8 not enabled
+        Response response = adminClient.realms().realm(managedRealm.getName()).testSMTPConnection(settings("127.0.0.1", "3025", "autoñ@keycloak.org",
+                null, null, null, null, null));
+        assertStatus(response, 500);
+
+        // utf-8 on from but in domain part is allowed and transformed
+        response = adminClient.realms().realm(managedRealm.getName()).testSMTPConnection(settings("127.0.0.1", "3025", "auto@keycloakñ.org",
+                null, null, null, null, null));
+        assertStatus(response, 204);
+        assertMailReceived("auto@xn--keycloak-k3a.org");
+
+        // utf8 on from allowed if allowutf8 enabled
+        response = adminClient.realms().realm(managedRealm.getName()).testSMTPConnection(smtpMap("127.0.0.1", "3025", "autoñ@keycloak.org",
+                null, null, null, null, null, null, null, "true"));
+        assertStatus(response, 204);
+        assertMailReceived();
+
+        // utf8 on address
+        AccessToken token = oAuthClient.parseToken(adminClient.tokenManager().getAccessToken().getToken(), AccessToken.class);
+        UserResource userRes = adminClient.realm("default").users().get(token.getSubject());
+        UserRepresentation userRep = userRes.toRepresentation();
+        final String previousEmail = userRep.getEmail();
+        userRep.setEmail("adminñ@localhost");
+        userRes.update(userRep);
+
+        try {
+            // not allowed on address if allowutf8 not enabled
+            response = adminClient.realms().realm(managedRealm.getName()).testSMTPConnection(settings("127.0.0.1", "3025", "auto@keycloak.org",
+                    null, null, null, null, null));
+            assertStatus(response, 500);
+
+            // allowed on address if allowutf8 enabled
+            response = adminClient.realms().realm(managedRealm.getName()).testSMTPConnection(smtpMap("127.0.0.1", "3025", "auto@keycloak.org",
+                    null, null, null, null, null, null, null, "true"));
+            assertStatus(response, 204);
+            assertMailReceived();
+        } finally {
+            userRep.setEmail(previousEmail);
+            userRes.update(userRep);
+        }
+    }
+
    private Map<String, String> settings(String host, String port, String from, String auth, String ssl, String starttls,
                                         String username, String password) throws Exception {
-        return smtpMap(host, port, from, auth, ssl, starttls, username, password, "", "");
+        return smtpMap(host, port, from, auth, ssl, starttls, username, password, "", "", null);
    }

    private Map<String, String> settings(String host, String port, String from, String auth, String ssl, String starttls,
@ -251,7 +301,7 @@ public class SMTPConnectionTest {
    }

    private Map<String, String> smtpMap(String host, String port, String from, String auth, String ssl, String starttls,
-                                        String username, String password, String replyTo, String envelopeFrom) {
+                                        String username, String password, String replyTo, String envelopeFrom, String allowutf8) {
        Map<String, String> config = new HashMap<>();
        config.put("host", host);
        config.put("port", port);
@ -264,6 +314,9 @@ public class SMTPConnectionTest {
        config.put("password", password);
        config.put("replyTo", replyTo);
        config.put("envelopeFrom", envelopeFrom);
+        if (allowutf8 != null) {
+            config.put("allowutf8", allowutf8);
+        }
        return config;
    }

@ -283,10 +336,13 @@ public class SMTPConnectionTest {
        response.close();
    }

-    private void assertMailReceived() {
+    private void assertMailReceived(String... from) {
        if (mailServer.getReceivedMessages().length == 1) {
            try {
                MimeMessage message = mailServer.getReceivedMessages()[0];
+                if (from.length > 0) {
+                    assertArrayEquals(from, Arrays.stream(message.getFrom()).map(Address::toString).toArray(String[]::new));
+                }
                assertEquals("[KEYCLOAK] - SMTP test message", message.getSubject());
                mailServer.runCleanup();
            } catch (Exception e) {