I have three examples of trying to send mail via UTL_MAIL. I wish the code block to run from a stored procedure as someone other than SYS. Does anyone know why the stored procedure fails if run by DBMON? Has anyone run across this already? The analyst working the SR has filed a bug for oracle version 11.2.0.3.3 on Solaris 10 - with the caveat that it could be the code block. I instinctively question this, but now the solution is in indefinite limbo. The anonymous block succeeds as shown in #1, so one believes that the Access Control Lists are set up. UTL_MAIL has been granted directly to DBMON. I thought at first that it was the 'execute immediate alter session' statement, but that succeeds in a stored procedure by itself as shown in #2, and it executes without errors as user SYS -- #4. This leaves #3. Thank you, 1. ----------- As user anonymous block succeeds. DBMON @ lawdev90> alter session set smtp_out_server = 'jaxsmtp01.crowley.com'; declare sender VARCHAR2(30) := 'DBAGROUP@xxxxxxxxxxx'; ccrecipient VARCHAR2(240) := NULL; bccrecipient VARCHAR2(240) := NULL; subject VARCHAR2(80) := 'Purge Audit Data: '; message VARCHAR2(1200) := 'UTL MAIL MESSSAGE'; header VARCHAR2(120) := 'UTL MAIL HEADEER'; mime_type VARCHAR2(30) := 'text; charset=us-ascii'; priority NUMBER := 3; recipient VARCHAR2(30) := 'joel.patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx'; smtp_out_server VARCHAR2(30) := 'jaxsmtp01.crowley.com'; begin UTL_MAIL.send( sender => sender, recipients => recipient, cc => ccrecipient, bcc => bccrecipient, subject => subject, message => message, mime_type => mime_type, priority => priority); end; / PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. 2. ----------- execute immediate by itself succeeds inside a stored procedure as user. DBMON @ lawdev90> l 1 create or replace procedure altertest as 2 smtp_out_server VARCHAR2(30) := 'jaxsmtp01.crowley.com'; 3 BEGIN 4 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER SESSION SET smtp_out_server = "'||smtp_out_server||'"'; 5* END; DBMON @ lawdev90> exec altertest PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. 3. ----------- code block as stored procedure fails as user DBMON @ lawdev90> create or replace procedure purge_test_with_exec_immed as sender VARCHAR2(30) := 'DBAGROUP@xxxxxxxxxxx'; ccrecipient VARCHAR2(240) := NULL; bccrecipient VARCHAR2(240) := NULL; subject VARCHAR2(80) := 'Purge Audit Data: '; message VARCHAR2(1200) := 'UTL MAIL MESSSAGE'; header VARCHAR2(120) := 'UTL MAIL HEADEER'; mime_type VARCHAR2(30) := 'text; charset=us-ascii'; priority NUMBER := 3; recipient VARCHAR2(30) := 'joel.patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx'; smtp_out_server VARCHAR2(30) := 'jaxsmtp01.crowley.com'; BEGIN EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER SESSION SET smtp_out_server = "'||smtp_out_server||'"'; UTL_MAIL.send( sender => sender, recipients => recipient, cc => ccrecipient, bcc => bccrecipient, subject => subject, message => message, mime_type => mime_type, priority => priority); END; / Procedure created. DBMON @ lawdev90> exec purge_test_with_exec_immed BEGIN purge_test_with_exec_immed; END; * ERROR at line 1: ORA-24247: network access denied by access control list (ACL) ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_MAIL", line 654 ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_MAIL", line 671 ORA-06512: at "DBMON.PURGE_TEST_WITH_EXEC_IMMED", line 14 ORA-06512: at line 1 4. ----------- same code block succeeds as stored procedure for SYS SYS AS SYSDBA @ lawacc90> create or replace procedure purge_test_with_exec_immed as sender VARCHAR2(30) := 'DBAGROUP@xxxxxxxxxxx'; ccrecipient VARCHAR2(240) := NULL; bccrecipient VARCHAR2(240) := NULL; subject VARCHAR2(80) := 'Purge Audit Data: '; message VARCHAR2(1200) := 'UTL MAIL MESSSAGE'; header VARCHAR2(120) := 'UTL MAIL HEADEER'; mime_type VARCHAR2(30) := 'text; charset=us-ascii'; priority NUMBER := 3; recipient VARCHAR2(30) := 'joel.patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx'; smtp_out_server VARCHAR2(30) := 'jaxsmtp01.crowley.com'; BEGIN EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER SESSION SET smtp_out_server = "'||smtp_out_server||'"'; UTL_MAIL.send( sender => sender, recipients => recipient, cc => ccrecipient, bcc => bccrecipient, subject => subject, message => message, mime_type => mime_type, priority => priority); END; / Procedure created. SYS AS SYSDBA @ lawacc90> exec purge_test_with_exec_immed PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. Joel Patterson Senior Oracle Database Administrator | Information Technology Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx Office: 904-727-2546 Crowley Maritime Corporation / www.crowley.com 9487 Regency Sq. Blvd. | Jacksonville, FL 32225 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l