Database Mail
E56725
Database Mail is a SQL Server component that enables the database engine to send email messages, alerts, and query results using SMTP.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Database Mail canonical | 3 |
| Database Mail Configuration Wizard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T452340 — 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: Database Mail Context triple: [SQL Server, supportsFeature, Database Mail]
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A.
Mail
Mail is Apple’s built-in email client application for macOS, used to send, receive, and manage email accounts.
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B.
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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C.
Media Mail
Media Mail is a discounted U.S. Postal Service shipping option specifically for sending educational materials and media such as books, sound recordings, and DVDs.
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D.
InMail
InMail is LinkedIn’s premium messaging tool that lets users directly contact other members they’re not connected with on the platform.
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E.
Outlook
Outlook is Microsoft’s email and personal information management application that provides integrated email, calendar, contacts, and task functionality for individuals and organizations.
- 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: Database Mail Target entity description: 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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A.
Mail
Mail is Apple’s built-in email client application for macOS, used to send, receive, and manage email accounts.
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B.
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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C.
Media Mail
Media Mail is a discounted U.S. Postal Service shipping option specifically for sending educational materials and media such as books, sound recordings, and DVDs.
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D.
InMail
InMail is LinkedIn’s premium messaging tool that lets users directly contact other members they’re not connected with on the platform.
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E.
Outlook
Outlook is Microsoft’s email and personal information management application that provides integrated email, calendar, contacts, and task functionality for individuals and organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SQL Server feature
ⓘ
email messaging component ⓘ |
| configuredWith |
Database Mail Configuration Wizard
ⓘ
linked to:
Database Mail
Transact-SQL stored procedures ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Database Mail account
ⓘ
Database Mail log ⓘ Database Mail profile ⓘ |
| hasStoredProcedure |
sp_send_dbmail
ⓘ
sysmail_add_account_sp ⓘ sysmail_add_profile_sp ⓘ sysmail_add_profileaccount_sp ⓘ sysmail_configure_sp ⓘ |
| hasView |
sysmail_allitems
ⓘ
sysmail_event_log ⓘ sysmail_faileditems ⓘ sysmail_sentitems ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion |
SQL Server 2005
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
|
| loggingLocation |
msdb.dbo.sysmail_allitems
ⓘ
msdb.dbo.sysmail_event_log ⓘ |
| partOf |
Microsoft SQL Server
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
|
| replaces | SQL Mail ⓘ |
| requires |
SQL Server Database Engine
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
configured SMTP server ⓘ |
| runsOutsideProcess |
SQL Server Database Engine
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
|
| storesConfigurationIn | msdb database ⓘ |
| supportsAttachment | file attachments ⓘ |
| supportsAuthentication |
Windows authentication (via SMTP relay, environment-dependent)
ⓘ
basic SMTP authentication ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
attachment size limits configuration
ⓘ
multiple email accounts per profile ⓘ multiple email profiles ⓘ prioritized accounts within a profile ⓘ retry logic for failed email delivery ⓘ sending alerts ⓘ sending email messages ⓘ sending query results ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
HTML email
ⓘ
plain text email ⓘ |
| supportsSecurityFeature |
account-based security
ⓘ
profile-based security ⓘ |
| usedFor |
database monitoring alerts
ⓘ
sending job notifications ⓘ sending operator alerts ⓘ sending query result sets ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | SMTP ⓘ |
| usesService |
SQL Server Agent
ⓘ
Service Broker ⓘ |
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: Database Mail Description of subject: Database Mail is a SQL Server component that enables the database engine to send email messages, alerts, and query results using SMTP.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Database Mail
subject linked to:
SQL Server programmability feature
subject linked to:
SQL Server programmability feature