Database Mail is an enterprise solution for sending e-mail messages from the SQL Server Database Engine. It is very important to configure mail on any server that you manage. Error and performance alerting as well as SQL agent job outcomes depend upon this service for notifications. I am going to copy a paragraph directly from Microsoft TechNet since I can not say it in any better in my own words. Database Mail is designed on a queued architecture that uses service broker technologies. When users execute sp_send_dbmail, the stored procedure … Continue reading Database Mail – Part 1