Changing Database Mail Host Database

Hi

I am trying to change the host database (MSDB) of Database Mail to some new database (say NewDB) and

unable to make DatabaseMail90.exe point to this new database (NewDB).

Is it possible to do this?

Thanks

Uddemarri

When I passed the database name and server name as command line parameters to DatabaseMail90.exe , it picked messages from the queue but did not send any mail. The following error is logged in sysmail_event_log.

1) Exception Information =================== Exception Type: System.NullReferenceException Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Data: System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal TargetSite: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlIMail.Server.Objects.Account GetAccount(Int32) HelpLink: NULL Source: DatabaseMailEngine StackTrace Information =================== at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlIMail.Server.DataAccess.DataAccessAdapter.GetAccount(Int32 accountID) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlIMail.Server.DataAccess.SessionManager.GetAccount(Int32 accountID) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlIMail.Server.Controller.CommandFactory.CreateSendMailCommand(DBSession dbSession) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlIMail.Server.Controller.CommandFactory.CreateCommand(DBSession dbSession) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlIMail.Server.Controller.CommandRunner.Run(DBSession db) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlIMail.IMailProcess.ThreadCallBack.MailOperation(Object o)

Any ideas?

|||That's definitely not a supported or tested option. I don't think you can start the mail service yourself.|||Thanks Roger.