Auto e-mails

Hello,

I have a SQL server though a hosting company and I am trying to send autoemails using xp_sendmail. The permissions were set and I used the following command to test it.

EXEC master.dbo.xp_sendmail
@.recipients='tracey@.yahoo.com',@.subject='test',@.me ssage='testing
sql stored procedure'

It gave me a message saying "Mail sent" but there none in my e-mail box.

How do I set yp the SQL Mail server, right? Please help. I don't know what is happening.

Thanks,
TraceyHave you checked whether the Mail Service has been turned on and the machine has MS Outlook installed(And it has to work)?|||And an Outlook need to have mail configured using the same account the SQL Server Agent runs as.|||Insead of all that, you could use CDO to send mail, which eliminates the need to have Outlook installed.

Check out this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cdo/html/_denali_cdo_for_nts_library.asp

and this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cdo/html/_denali_session_object_cdonts_library_.asp