database mail

HI,

when configuring database mail in sql server 2005 i am getting the below error.

The mail could not be sent to the recipients because of the mail server failure. (Sending Mail using Account 4 (2006-09-13T13:50:18). Exception Message: Could not connect to mail server. (An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine). )

when i ping the smtp server, i could successfully connect to the smtp server. but when i send a test email i am getting the above error message saying not able to connect to the server.

please help

There are so many mail components in SQL Server Microsoft did not like what we were doing with SQL Server so there are some restrictions in 2005 so try the links below. If the mail include SQL Server Agent you need to give the Agent correct permssions. Try the links below post again if you still have questions. Hope this helps.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177580.aspx

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191207.aspx

|||Make sure the startup account of SQL Server database engine service is the same as the domain account associated with the mail profile which used to send the databse mail.