SQL Mail lets your server "reach out and touch someone" when it needs to
SQL Server's email functionality—which you can use to notify DBAs of potential problems and of task completion—is a powerful means of keeping your server running. In SQL Server 6.5, the SQL Mail function isn't the easiest to configure; SQL Server 7.0 improved the configuration process. (For information about how to configure SQL Mail on SQL Server 7.0 or 6.5, see "INF: How to Configure SQL...