I am trying to set up the database mail in SQL 2016. I have tried several times and looked at many articles online.
I can stop and start the mail service and check the status and it will briefly show as receives_occurring, then it goes back to inactive. I seem to be missing something simple. I am doing this within SSMS by running a set of commands.
If anyone can provide some help, that would be greatly appreciated.
All test emails fail and no logs are present.
The emails sit in the queue waiting to be sent.
I have made sure to follow the setup instructions carefully and still I can't get this to work.
Kind regards
Tim