I just had some fun with a new server I set up. I configured Database Mail but it wouldn’t send mail. In the Database Log was an error message I’ve never had before:
The mail could not be sent to the recipients because of the mail server failure. (Sending Mail using Account 1 (2010-02-15T16:58:54). Exception Message: Could not connect to mail server. (A non-recoverable error occurred during a database lookup). )
I looked around and found this forum thread: http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=139909. I looked into the anti-virus software and firewall but neither of those helped. Then I noticed the last post where the original poster said “oops, I put an @ in the name of the SMTP server”. How I laughed. At least I didn’t do something that silly. Did I? Better check, just to be on the safe side. SMTP Server Name: smtp@domain. Doh!
So, rbarlow, thanks very much for making the same silly mistake first so I could find the answer.
David Wimbush 