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Starts an email session under MAPI.
xp_startmail( [ mail_user = mail-login-name ] [, mail_password = mail-password ] )
mail_user Use this LONG VARCHAR parameter to specify the MAPI login name.
mail_password Use this LONG VARCHAR parameter to specify the MAPI password.
DBA authority
Not supported on Unix.
xp_startmail is a system procedure that starts an email session.
If you are using Microsoft Exchange, the mail-login-name argument is an Exchange profile name, and you should not include a password in the procedure call.
See Return codes for MAPI and SMTP system procedures.
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