What’s New in Database Mail

SQL Mail has been removed, and for good reason: it was quite capable of crashing the database engine process. You must use Database Mail to send notifications and other kinds of mail messages from SQL Server.

Database Mail is an enterprise-class implementation designed with all the features you’d expect from this next-generation database server, most of which are not available in SQL Mail. These features include support for multiple email profiles and accounts, asynchronous (queued) message delivery via a dedicated process in conjunction with Service Broker, cluster-awareness, 64-bit compatibility, greater security options (such as governing of mail attachment size and prohibition of file extensions), and simplified ...

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