java socket not closing

I have a connection to a mail server that was closed from the other end, 
but my local jvm is still hanging on to the socket (for like 6 or 7 hours):

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
tcp        1  11796 p5b.selectacast.n:45221 213.38.169.138:smtp 
CLOSE_WAIT

"MsgSender sending via mail.leebaron.com [213.38.169.138]" prio=1 
tid=0x79f74000 nid=0x3ab0 runnable [825b1000..825b1cd8]
         at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method)
         at 
java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(SocketOutputStream.java:92)
         at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStream.java:136)
         at 
com.sun.mail.util.TraceOutputStream.write(TraceOutputStream.java:83)
         at 
java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flushBuffer(BufferedOutputStream.java:66)
         at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.write(BufferedOutputStream.java:79)
         - locked <0x4b188b20> (a java.io.BufferedOutputStream)
         at 
com.sun.mail.util.CRLFOutputStream.write(CRLFOutputStream.java:41)
         at 
com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPOutputStream.write(SMTPOutputStream.java:36)
         at 
com.sun.mail.util.QPEncoderStream.output(QPEncoderStream.java:162)
         at 
com.sun.mail.util.QPEncoderStream.write(QPEncoderStream.java:109)
         at com.sun.mail.util.QPEncoderStream.write(QPEncoderStream.java:64)
         at 
sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder$CharsetSE.writeBytes(StreamEncoder.java:336)
         at 
sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder$CharsetSE.implWrite(StreamEncoder.java:395)
         at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.write(StreamEncoder.java:136)
         - locked <0x4b18abd8> (a java.io.OutputStreamWriter)
         at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.write(StreamEncoder.java:146)
         at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.write(OutputStreamWriter.java:204)
         at com.sun.mail.handlers.text_plain.writeTo(text_plain.java:126)
         at 
javax.activation.ObjectDataContentHandler.writeTo(DataHandler.java:839)
         at javax.activation.DataHandler.writeTo(DataHandler.java:295)
         at javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart.writeTo(MimeBodyPart.java:1201)
         at javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage.writeTo(MimeMessage.java:1611)
         at 
com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.sendMessage(SMTPTransport.java:493)
         - locked <0x4b18abf0> (a com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport)


So how do I get around this problem?


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