Server 2008 - Task Scheduler - Send an E-mail fails

Question

When ever we set an action to send an E-mail in the Server 2008 Task Scheduler GUI, we get a "Task failed" result of
"Cannot modify or delete an object that was not added using the COM+ Admin SDK (0x8004020D)  once the task gets to that step.
I have tried creating tasks that do nothing but try and send an email using the new functionality of the Task Manager and it fails with the exact same error, So I have narrowed it down to the email action being the culprit.  As soon as I remove it from the other tasks, everything works as planned.
Is there a fix for this?  Is there a permission I need to set somewhere?  It seems that some people have tried running the task as the "Network Service" and it works, but I have had no such luck yet.
 

Answer 1

 
Hi,
If a task attempts to send an e-mail, but the e-mail doesn't get sent correctly, first make sure that the settings for the e-mail action on the task are set correctly. The e-mail action must have a valid value for the SMTP server, To, and From settings. For more information about these settings, please refer to the following article:
Actions
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722129.aspx
Make sure the SMTP server that sends the e-mail is setup correctly. E-mail is sent using NTLM authentication for Windows SMTP servers, which means that the security credentials used for running the task must also have privileges on the SMTP server to send e-mail. If the SMTP server is a non-Windows based server, then the e-mail will be sent if the server allows anonymous access.
For information about setting up the SMTP server, please see the following article:
SMTP Server Setup
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/e4cf06f5-9a36-474b-ba78-3f287a2b88f2.mspx?mfr=true
And for information about managing SMTP server settings, please see the following article:
SMTP Administration
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758258.aspx
Hope it helps.
Tim Quan - MSFT