Category Archives for "Database Mail"

Notification for Restored Database

By Ginger Daniel | Backup and Restore , Database Mail , SQL Administration , SQL Server

According to best practices for a SQL environment, you should never place your test or development databases on a production server. However sometimes best practices are ignored, sometimes the DBA’s advice is disregarded (ahem…), or sometimes an organization simply does not have the financial resources to spin up separate servers for testing or development. Whatever […]

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SQL 2016 Database Mail Issues

By SQLRx Admin | Database Mail , SQL Administration , SQL Server , Tip of the Month

If you are planning on installing SQL Server 2016, take note that you need SP1 or .NET 3.5 for Database Mail. Database Mail is a very important and widely used part of SQL that allows us to send e-mail. I found this when mail could not be sent and the Database Mail log was empty […]

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