<sleep_deprevation_mode> And in the win32 environ, NO ONE wants to have to manage the Exchange Server, nor run the local MS SMTP service. It sure sounds easier than having to manage a copy of sendmail on every box on the network (or qmail or whatever keeps that there boat from sinking) though. I still have never determined why people that grew up on *nix think that they _HAVE_ to have an MTA on their localhost. Where does that mindset come from? "I've conquered the Bat Book and the sendmail conf file?" Even I have better things to do than that. mailx to the mail server directly, why stage it locally? in a BOFH state of mind drak </sleep_deprevation_mode> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:57:13 +0100, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:20:34 -0500, DENNIS WILLIAMS > <dwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Here is an article on how to do it within Oracle. I think someone on this > > list has this working. Has anyone got this working on W2K? > > > > http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/1496631 > > Using UTL_SMTP to send mails from Oracle on W2K. Works fine. As > others have said Connor's book has examples. Commonly on win2k of > course the SMTP server resides elsewhere and must trust the Oracle > server to send emails. I guess on most *nix boxes folk use the built > in smtp server. > -- > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l