ORA-20002: 501 Bad syntax error

Question

Hi,
I intend to send a simple smtp mail using the builtin UTL_SMTP package.
But i get the following error:-
ORA-20002: 501 Bad syntax error
Here is my code:-
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE mail
IS
BEGIN
DECLARE
v_connection UTL_SMTP.CONNECTION;
BEGIN v_connection := UTL_SMTP.OPEN_CONNECTION(<my host here>,25);
dbms_output.put_line('Connection Opened');
UTL_SMTP.HELO(v_connection,<my host here>);
dbms_output.put_line('After calling helo');
UTL_SMTP.MAIL(v_connection,'[email protected]');
dbms_output.put_line('Sender set');
UTL_SMTP.RCPT(v_connection,'[email protected]');
dbms_output.put_line('Recipient Set');
UTL_SMTP.DATA(v_connection,'Sent From PL/SQL');
dbms_output.put_line('Message body set');
UTL_SMTP.QUIT(v_connection);
dbms_output.put_line('Connection Closed');
end;
END;
Here is the output:-
SQL> exec mail
Connection Opened
After calling helo
BEGIN mail; END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-20002: 501 Bad address syntax
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 86
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 204
ORA-06512: at "ADMIN.MAIL", line 13
ORA-06512: at line 1
I tried sending mails to my smtp server via java mailing API and i am
successful. So i am wondering wat i am doing wrong up there in Oracle.
I have JServer enabled, i also ran the initplsj.sql successfully.
Please help.
Regards,
Leo.

Answer 1

Hi APC,
Yep HELO returns 250. Here is the code i use followed by the output. I use valid e-mail addresses(changed them here cz they belong to real ppl :) ). Again, i am able to send mails via java mailing API's, to the same recipietn from same sender via same smtp server.
Code :------
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE mail
IS
v_connection UTL_SMTP.CONNECTION;
value UTL_SMTP.reply;
PROCEDURE send_header(name IN VARCHAR2, header IN VARCHAR2) AS
BEGIN
UTL_SMTP.write_data(v_connection, name || ': ' || header || utl_tcp.CRLF);
END;
BEGIN
v_connection := UTL_SMTP.OPEN_CONNECTION('smtp.server',25);
dbms_output.put_line('Connection Opened');
dbms_output.put_line('before calling helo');
value := UTL_SMTP.HELO(v_connection,'smtp.server');
dbms_output.put_line('after calling helo');
dbms_output.put_line('code ' || value.code);
dbms_output.put_line('before Sender is set');
value := UTL_SMTP.MAIL(v_connection,'[email protected]');
dbms_output.put_line('code ' || value.code);
dbms_output.put_line('text ' || value.text);
UTL_SMTP.RCPT(v_connection,'[email protected]');
dbms_output.put_line('Recipient Set');
UTL_SMTP.open_data(v_connection);
send_header('From','"Sender" <[email protected]>');
send_header('To','"Recipient" <[email protected]>');
send_header('Subject','Hello');
UTL_SMTP.write_data(v_connection, UTL_TCP.CRLF || 'Hello, world!');
UTL_SMTP.close_data(v_connection);
dbms_output.put_line('Message body set');
UTL_SMTP.QUIT(v_connection);
dbms_output.put_line('Connection Closed');
END;
Output:--------
Connection Opened
before calling helo
after calling helo
code 250
before Sender is set
code 501
text Bad address syntax
Looking forward to hearing from youself. :)
Reagrds,
Leo.