PL/SQL UTL_SMTP procedure to send e-mail
I'm trying to use PL/SQL utl_smtp. When I run the procedure, I get a message that says that it was successfully completed. But, when I check to see if I've received the message (I sent it to myself using a different e-mail address), I haven't received it. Can you tell me what's wrong? The following is my code.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE send_mail ( sender IN VARCHAR2, recipient IN VARCHAR2, subject IN VARCHAR2, message IN VARCHAR2) IS mailhost VARCHAR2(30) := 'send.columbia.edu'; mail_conn utl_smtp.connection; crlf VARCHAR2( 2 ):= CHR( 13 ) || CHR( 10 ); mesg VARCHAR2( 1000 ); BEGIN mail_conn := utl_smtp.open_connection(mailhost, 25); mesg:= 'Date: ' || TO_CHAR( SYSDATE, 'dd Mon yy hh24:mi:ss' ) || crlf || 'From: <'||sender||'>' || crlf || 'Subject: '||subject || crlf || 'To: '||recipient || crlf || '' || crlf || message; utl_smtp.helo(mail_conn, mailhost); utl_smtp.mail(mail_conn, '[email protected]'); utl_smtp.rcpt(mail_conn, '[email protected]'); utl_smtp.data(mail_conn, 'mesg'); utl_smtp.quit(mail_conn); END;
I wrote a very similar procedure that works. Here is my code (you can customize it to your needs):
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE send_mail (sender IN VARCHAR2, recipient IN VARCHAR2, message IN VARCHAR2, nStatus OUT NUMBER) IS mailhost VARCHAR2(30) := 'email.hai.iec.co.il'; -- host mail addr mail_conn utl_smtp.connection; BEGIN nStatus := 0; mail_conn := utl_smtp.open_connection(mailhost, 25); utl_smtp.helo(mail_conn, mailhost); utl_smtp.mail(mail_conn, sender); utl_smtp.rcpt(mail_conn, recipient); utl_smtp.data(mail_conn, message); utl_smtp.quit(mail_conn); EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN nStatus := SQLCODE; END send_mail; /
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