use-database-mail-instead-of-sql-mail.md

title	Use Database Mail Instead of SQL Mail | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date	03/14/2017
ms.prod	sql
ms.prod_service	database-engine
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ms.technology	security
ms.topic	conceptual
helpviewer_keywords	Best Practices [Database Engine]
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Use Database Mail Instead of SQL Mail

[!INCLUDEappliesto-ss-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md] This rule checks the sys.configurations catalog view to determine whether the SQL Mail XPs server-wide configuration option is set to ON.

Best Practices Recommendations

SQL Mail will be removed in a future version of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion]. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature. To send mail, use Database Mail.

SQL Mail runs in-process to [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] service. If SQL Mail goes down, so does the server. Database Mail runs outside [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] in a separate process, is scalable, and does not require Extended MAPI client components to be installed on the production server.

For More Information

Database Mail

See Also

Monitor and Enforce Best Practices by Using Policy-Based Management