xp_readmail

20 Jan 2006 2:25 PM

baddy

Can anyone tell what's the replacement for xp_readmail in SQL Server
2005?

All I could find in BOL was:

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL
Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to
modify applications that currently use this feature..

Thanks.

20 Jan 2006 2:41 PM

Satya SKJ

I believe the information is not yet available and as of now you can use it
in SQL2k5, during future releases check the reference using books online.

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"baddy" wrote:

> Can anyone tell what's the replacement for xp_readmail in SQL Server
> 2005?
>
> All I could find in BOL was:
>
> This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL
> Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to
> modify applications that currently use this feature..
>
> Thanks.
>
>

20 Jan 2006 3:03 PM

Tibor Karaszi

No replacement. The old SQL Mail has always been a mess since it uses MAPI. We have asked from
something else, and now Database Mail is here, SMTP based. SMTP is for sending email only. So if you
want to receive email, all you have now is the old SQL Mail. Perhaps something will be introduced in
some future version that doesn't use MAPI and let us receive email, but not at this moment.

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"baddy" <narsi***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell what's the replacement for xp_readmail in SQL Server
> 2005?
>
> All I could find in BOL was:
>
> This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL
> Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to
> modify applications that currently use this feature..
>
> Thanks.
>