Troubleshooting Database Mail

Database Mail is designed to help database administrators quickly isolate and correct problems. This section describes solutions for common problems.

In This Section

• Troubleshooting Database Mail: General steps
• Troubleshooting Database Mail: Sending Test E-Mail
• Troubleshooting Database Mail: Could not find stored procedure 'sp_send_dbmail'
• Troubleshooting Database Mail: Profile not valid
• Troubleshooting Database Mail: Permission denied on sp_send_dbmail
• Troubleshooting Database Mail: Mail queued, not delivered
• Troubleshooting Database Mail: Mail queued, no entries in sysmail_event_log or Windows Application Event Log
• Troubleshooting Database Mail: Send mail from remote server when troubleshooting local server

See Also

Tasks

How to: Create a SQL Server Agent Job to Archive Database Mail Messages and Event Logs

Concepts

Database Mail
Database Mail Architecture

Other Resources

How to: Activate Service Broker Message Delivery in Databases (Transact-SQL)
Database Mail Views (Transact-SQL)

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance