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How can I check Dbmail status in SQL Server?
To check the status of an e-mail message, run a query against this view. E-mail messages have one of four possible statuses: sent, unsent, retrying, and failed.
Why Database mail is stopped?
Usually this is caused by a network interruption, a failure of the SMTP server, or an incorrectly configured Database Mail account.
How do I view SQL queue?
In SQL Server, you can use the sysmail_help_queue_sp stored procedure on the msdb database to see how many mail items are in the queue, the status of the queue, and when it was last activated. There are two types of queue: the mail queue, and the status queue. You can also return account info based on the queue type.
How to troubleshoot database mail in SQL Server?
Applies to: SQL Server (all supported versions) Azure SQL Managed Instance Troubleshooting Database Mail involves checking the following general areas of the Database Mail system. These procedures are presented in a logical order, but can be evaluated in any order.
How to deal with database mail failures correctly?
To manage Database Mail failures correctly, we need to set boundaries for our research. An email is generated and sent from SQL Server, but once it has been handed off to the mail server successfully, it is no longer in the scope of SQL Server.
Why is my SMTP database mail not working?
If you have determined that the Database Mail is failing because the SMTP server cannot be reliably reached, you may be able to increase your successful mail delivery rate by increasing the number of times Database Mail attempts to send each message.
How does database mail work in SQL Server?
Once configured, database mail is used as the default method of email delivery by SQL Server unless specified otherwise. This includes emails that originate from SQL Server Agent via job failures or alerts, as well as any emails that we send using sp_send_dbmail.