Problem with using utl_smtp. I'm trying to test a new e-mail procedure.

Question

I have the following code and I am getting the following error messages.
1 create or replace procedure test_e is
2 v_connection UTL_SMTP.CONNECTION;
3 BEGIN
4 -- v_connection := UTL_SMTP.OPEN_CONNECTION('10.128.43.113', 25);
5 v_connection := UTL_SMTP.OPEN_CONNECTION('iadsrv113.mwaa.com', 25);
6 UTL_SMTP.HELO(v_connection, 'iadsrv113.mwaa.com');
7 UTL_SMTP.MAIL(v_connection, '[email protected]');
8 UTL_SMTP.RCPT(v_connection, '[email protected]');
9 UTL_SMTP.DATA(v_connection, 'Sent From PL/SQL - this is the first step to sending e-mails');
10 UTL_SMTP.QUIT(v_connection);
11* END;
SQL> /
Procedure created.
SQL> exec test_e;
BEGIN test_e; END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29278: SMTP transient error: 421 Service not available
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 21
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 97
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 139
ORA-06512: at "PMC_ERP_PROD.TEST_E", line 5
ORA-06512: at line 1

Answer 1

you might as well try to include the exception handlers:
EXCEPTION
  WHEN UTL_SMTP.INVALID_OPERATION THEN
    dbms_output.put_line(' Invalid Operation in SMTP transaction.');
  WHEN UTL_SMTP.TRANSIENT_ERROR THEN
    dbms_output.put_line(' Temporary problems with sending email - try again later.');
  WHEN UTL_SMTP.PERMANENT_ERROR THEN
    dbms_output.put_line(' Errors in code for SMTP transaction.');  
END;also on line 9 of your code
UTL_SMTP.DATA(v_connection, 'Sent From PL/SQL - this is the first step to sending e-mails'); it should be
  UTL_SMTP.OPEN_DATA(v_connection);
  UTL_SMTP.WRITE_DATA(v_connection, crlf ||'Sent From PL/SQL - this is the first step to sending e-mails');
  UTL_SMTP.CLOSE_DATA(v_connection);