Use email to enhance your databases

Use email to enhance your databases
Using email for system administration notifications or for user communications can be a powerful tool. Whether the emails are regarding failed backups or sending a user a forgotten password, at some point a DBA or application developer will find themselves needing to use email services in conjunction with their database. In these two links, the authors instruct us on how to use these services along with MS SQL and Oracle. If you haven't configured these services before, take a look at the articles and let us know if you found them helpful:

http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3424791

http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3423431