SQL Mail
E277000
SQL Mail was an older Microsoft SQL Server feature for sending email notifications directly from the database engine, later superseded by Database Mail.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SQL Mail canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2555701 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SQL Mail Context triple: [Database Mail, replaces, SQL Mail]
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A.
Database Mail
Database Mail is a SQL Server component that enables the database engine to send email messages, alerts, and query results using SMTP.
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B.
SQL Server
SQL Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade relational database management system used for storing, managing, and analyzing data in a wide range of applications.
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C.
SMTP
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a standard communication protocol used for sending and routing email messages across IP networks.
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D.
Mailer
Mailer is a surname most notably associated with American novelist, journalist, and essayist Norman Mailer.
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E.
SQL Server Profiler
SQL Server Profiler is a graphical tool for monitoring, tracing, and analyzing SQL Server database engine events in real time to help with performance tuning and troubleshooting.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SQL Mail Target entity description: SQL Mail was an older Microsoft SQL Server feature for sending email notifications directly from the database engine, later superseded by Database Mail.
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A.
Database Mail
Database Mail is a SQL Server component that enables the database engine to send email messages, alerts, and query results using SMTP.
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B.
SQL Server
SQL Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade relational database management system used for storing, managing, and analyzing data in a wide range of applications.
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C.
SMTP
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a standard communication protocol used for sending and routing email messages across IP networks.
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D.
Mailer
Mailer is a surname most notably associated with American novelist, journalist, and essayist Norman Mailer.
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E.
SQL Server Profiler
SQL Server Profiler is a graphical tool for monitoring, tracing, and analyzing SQL Server database engine events in real time to help with performance tuning and troubleshooting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft SQL Server feature
ⓘ
email notification system ⓘ |
| alternative | Database Mail using SMTP ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
SQL Server Agent alerts
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server Agent
SQL Server Agent operators ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server Agent
|
| category |
SQL Server administration feature
ⓘ
SQL Server programmability feature ⓘ |
| communicationProtocol | MAPI ⓘ |
| configurationElement |
mail account
ⓘ
mail profile ⓘ |
| configuredVia |
SQL Server Enterprise Manager in older versions
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server Management Studio
|
| deprecatedIn |
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
|
| designLimitation | tightly coupled with client-side mail components ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentationTopic | SQL Server Books Online ⓘ |
| executionContext | SQL Server service account ⓘ |
| introducedIn | early versions of Microsoft SQL Server ⓘ |
| knownIssue |
dependency on MAPI client software on the server
ⓘ
difficult configuration and troubleshooting ⓘ stability problems due to running in SQL Server address space ⓘ |
| logging | SQL Server error log and Agent log ⓘ |
| migrationPath | migrate to Database Mail ⓘ |
| notSupportedIn | later versions of Microsoft SQL Server ⓘ |
| operatingSystemDependency | Windows-based MAPI client ⓘ |
| partOf |
Microsoft SQL Server
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
|
| replacedBy | Database Mail ⓘ |
| requires |
MAPI client
ⓘ
Outlook client or compatible MAPI profile ⓘ |
| runsIn | SQL Server process space ⓘ |
| securityConcern | required additional software on the database server ⓘ |
| status |
deprecated
ⓘ
obsolete ⓘ |
| supersededBy | Database Mail in SQL Server 2005 and later ⓘ |
| supports |
sending email from T-SQL
ⓘ
xp_deletemail extended stored procedure ⓘ xp_findnextmsg extended stored procedure ⓘ xp_readmail extended stored procedure ⓘ xp_sendmail extended stored procedure ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
sending attachments via email
ⓘ
sending query output as email body ⓘ |
| supportsIntegration | SQL Server Agent alert system ⓘ |
| usedBy |
SQL Server Agent jobs
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server Agent
T-SQL scripts ⓘ database administrators ⓘ |
| usedFor |
alerting database administrators by email
ⓘ
sending email notifications from the database engine ⓘ sending query results via email ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SQL Mail Description of subject: SQL Mail was an older Microsoft SQL Server feature for sending email notifications directly from the database engine, later superseded by Database Mail.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
SQL Server programmability feature