Getting Error while using UTL_MAIL procedure

Question

Hi All,
I have written a simple PL/SQL block in which I call the UTL_MAIL.SEND procedure:
DECLARE
vSender varchar2(100);
vReceiver varchar2(100);
vSubj varchar2(100);
vMesg varchar2(100);
vMType varchar2(100);
BEGIN
vSender := '[email protected]';
vReceiver := '[email protected]';
vSubj := 'Test Email';
vMesg := 'This is a test email';
vMtype := 'text/plain; charset=us-ascii';
utl_mail.send(vSender, vReceiver, NULL, NULL, vSubj,vMesg, vMType, NULL);
END;
When I execute the code, I get the following error message:
ORA-29261: bad argument
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_TCP", line 17
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_TCP", line 246
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 115
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 138
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_MAIL", line 386
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_MAIL", line 599
ORA-06512: at line 15
29261. 00000 - "bad argument"
*Cause:    A bad argument was passed to the PL/SQL API.
*Action:   Check the arguments passed to the PL/SQL API and retry the call.
Could anyone tell me where I am going wrong?
Regards,
AJ

Answer 1

user11256160 wrote:
Could anyone tell me where I am going wrong?Code is fine. Parameter defining the SMTP server is missing.
You need to define it (using a SYSDBA account) as follows:
SQL> alter system set smtp_out_server='<your-smtp-server>' scope=both;Replace +<your-smtp-server>+ with the IP address or host name of your SMTP server. Also this assumes standard SMTP tcp/25 port is used. If not, add the port number (using a colon separator) to the server name.