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Posted - 2001-12-07 : 09:28:58
Sarena writes "How do you setup to receive email from Sql Server when something fails? Can you use anything else than Outlook?"

efelito
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Posted - 2001-12-07 : 11:56:13
You just need to setup a MAPI-compliant mail profile on the server for the user account used to start SQL Server Agent. Most people use Outlook, but I've seen the generic exchange client that comes with exchange server used too. See Setting Up SQLAgentMail in BOL for step by step instructions.

Jeff Banschbach
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