Outlook locked when using sql 2005

I am setting up SQL 2005 server. We are using SQL Mail. I have defined the
email operator and defined notifications on a job to send out emails when job
completes.
The issue is the my outlook client on the server gets locked once sql server
agent is started and no emails get sent out when the job is executed.
I get the message - Unable to open your default email folders....when
opening outlook.
It is outlook 2003, we are using POP as email and sql is 2005 standard.
The email notifications are only sent out when I stop the sql server agent,
open outlook, close it and then start sql server agent again.Is there any reason why you are not using Database Mail? You would not need
Outlook with Database Mail.
Ben Nevarez, MCDBA, OCP
Database Administrator
"Jack" wrote:
> I am setting up SQL 2005 server. We are using SQL Mail. I have defined the
> email operator and defined notifications on a job to send out emails when job
> completes.
> The issue is the my outlook client on the server gets locked once sql server
> agent is started and no emails get sent out when the job is executed.
> I get the message - Unable to open your default email folders....when
> opening outlook.
> It is outlook 2003, we are using POP as email and sql is 2005 standard.
> The email notifications are only sent out when I stop the sql server agent,
> open outlook, close it and then start sql server agent again.|||Yes, our IT department does not want to go the SMTP route.
"Ben Nevarez" wrote:
> Is there any reason why you are not using Database Mail? You would not need
> Outlook with Database Mail.
> Ben Nevarez, MCDBA, OCP
> Database Administrator
>
> "Jack" wrote:
> > I am setting up SQL 2005 server. We are using SQL Mail. I have defined the
> > email operator and defined notifications on a job to send out emails when job
> > completes.
> >
> > The issue is the my outlook client on the server gets locked once sql server
> > agent is started and no emails get sent out when the job is executed.
> >
> > I get the message - Unable to open your default email folders....when
> > opening outlook.
> >
> > It is outlook 2003, we are using POP as email and sql is 2005 standard.
> >
> > The email notifications are only sent out when I stop the sql server agent,
> > open outlook, close it and then start sql server agent again.