Dear experts,
I am trying to send an email using UTL_SMTP (i switched from UTL_MAIL to UTL_SMTP since i need to send mails with large attachments - BLOB). I am using the demo_mail package given here:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/tech/pl_sql/htdocs/Utl_Smtp_Sample.html
While running the program I am getting an error message (from the error.log) saying:
[Mon Aug 04 14:00:21 2008] [error] [client 192.168.0.7] mod_plsql: /ns/email_p.send HTTP-404 ORA-29279: SMTP permanent error: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. 9sm12723808qbw.6\nORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 20\nORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 98\nORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 221\nORA-06512: at "NEXTSTEP.SEND_EMAIL_HELPER", line 258\nORA-06512: at "NEXTSTEP.SEND_EMAIL_HELPER", line 119\nORA-06512: at "NEXTSTEP.EMAIL_P", line 33\nORA-06512: at line 31\n, referer: file:///C:/Documents and Settings/Mayank/My Documents/Flex Builder 3/ns5/bin-debug/main.swf
My code is as follows:
PACKAGE DECLARATION. This is the DEMO_MAIL package posted under above link (I have renamed it).
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE NEXTSTEP.send_email_helper IS
----------------------- Customizable Section -----------------------
-- Customize the SMTP host, port and your domain name below.
smtp_host VARCHAR2(256) := 'smtp.gmail.com';
smtp_port PLS_INTEGER := 587;
smtp_domain VARCHAR2(256) := null;
-- Customize the signature that will appear in the email's MIME header.
-- Useful for versioning.
MAILER_ID CONSTANT VARCHAR2(256) := 'Mailer by Oracle UTL_SMTP';
--------------------- End Customizable Section ---------------------
-- A unique string that demarcates boundaries of parts in a multi-part email
-- The string should not appear inside the body of any part of the email.
-- Customize this if needed or generate this randomly dynamically.
BOUNDARY CONSTANT VARCHAR2(256) := '-----7D81B75CCC90D2974F7A1CBD';
FIRST_BOUNDARY CONSTANT VARCHAR2(256) := '--' || BOUNDARY || utl_tcp.CRLF;
LAST_BOUNDARY CONSTANT VARCHAR2(256) := '--' || BOUNDARY || '--' ||
utl_tcp.CRLF;
-- A MIME type that denotes multi-part email (MIME) messages.
MULTIPART_MIME_TYPE CONSTANT VARCHAR2(256) := 'multipart/mixed; boundary="'||
BOUNDARY || '"';
MAX_BASE64_LINE_WIDTH CONSTANT PLS_INTEGER := 76 / 4 * 3;
-- A simple email API for sending email in plain text in a single call.
-- The format of an email address is one of these:
-- someone@some-domain
-- "Someone at some domain" <someone@some-domain>
-- Someone at some domain <someone@some-domain>
-- The recipients is a list of email addresses separated by
-- either a "," or a ";"
PROCEDURE mail(sender IN VARCHAR2,
recipients IN VARCHAR2,
subject IN VARCHAR2,
message IN VARCHAR2);
-- Extended email API to send email in HTML or plain text with no size limit.
-- First, begin the email by begin_mail(). Then, call write_text() repeatedly
-- to send email in ASCII piece-by-piece. Or, call write_mb_text() to send
-- email in non-ASCII or multi-byte character set. End the email with
-- end_mail().
FUNCTION begin_mail(sender IN VARCHAR2,
recipients IN VARCHAR2,
subject IN VARCHAR2,
mime_type IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'text/plain',
priority IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL)
RETURN utl_smtp.connection;
-- Write email body in ASCII
PROCEDURE write_text(conn IN OUT NOCOPY utl_smtp.connection,
message IN VARCHAR2);
-- Write email body in non-ASCII (including multi-byte). The email body
-- will be sent in the database character set.
PROCEDURE write_mb_text(conn IN OUT NOCOPY utl_smtp.connection,
message IN VARCHAR2);
-- Write email body in binary
PROCEDURE write_raw(conn IN OUT NOCOPY utl_smtp.connection,
message IN RAW);
-- APIs to send email with attachments. Attachments are sent by sending
-- emails in "multipart/mixed" MIME format. Specify that MIME format when
-- beginning an email with begin_mail().
-- Send a single text attachment.
PROCEDURE attach_text(conn IN OUT NOCOPY utl_smtp.connection,
data IN VARCHAR2,
mime_type IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'text/plain',
inline IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE,
filename IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
last IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE);
-- Send a binary attachment. The attachment will be encoded in Base-64
-- encoding format.
PROCEDURE attach_base64(conn IN OUT NOCOPY utl_smtp.connection,
data IN RAW,
mime_type IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'application/octet',
inline IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE,
filename IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
last IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE);
-- Send an attachment with no size limit. First, begin the attachment
-- with begin_attachment(). Then, call write_text repeatedly to send
-- the attachment piece-by-piece. If the attachment is text-based but
-- in non-ASCII or multi-byte character set, use write_mb_text() instead.
-- To send binary attachment, the binary content should first be
-- encoded in Base-64 encoding format using the demo package for 8i,
-- or the native one in 9i. End the attachment with end_attachment.
PROCEDURE begin_attachment(conn IN OUT NOCOPY utl_smtp.connection,
mime_type IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'text/plain',
inline IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE,
filename IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
transfer_enc IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);
-- End the attachment.
PROCEDURE end_attachment(conn IN OUT NOCOPY utl_smtp.connection,
last IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE);
-- End the email.
PROCEDURE end_mail(conn IN OUT NOCOPY utl_smtp.connection);
-- Extended email API to send multiple emails in a session for better
-- performance. First, begin an email session with begin_session.
-- Then, begin each email with a session by calling begin_mail_in_session
-- instead of begin_mail. End the email with end_mail_in_session instead
-- of end_mail. End the email session by end_session.
FUNCTION begin_session RETURN utl_smtp.connection;
-- Begin an email in a session.
PROCEDURE begin_mail_in_session(conn IN OUT NOCOPY utl_smtp.connection,
sender IN VARCHAR2,
recipients IN VARCHAR2,
subject IN VARCHAR2,
mime_type IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'text/plain',
priority IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL);
-- End an email in a session.
PROCEDURE end_mail_in_session(conn IN OUT NOCOPY utl_smtp.connection);
-- End an email session.
PROCEDURE end_session(conn IN OUT NOCOPY utl_smtp.connection);
END;
How should I solve the above error? Can anyone help me with my query please?
If I add the code to start TLS it still gives me an error. If I add the code
utl_smtp.command(conn,'STARTTLS');
utl_smtp.helo(conn, smtp_domain);
under email_sender_help package just before under begin_session function, it gives me an error saying:
ORA-29279: SMTP permanent error: 503 5.5.1 EHLO/HELO first. s27sm2097329qbs.12
So then if i enter the same code after:
utl_smtp.command(conn,'STARTTLS');
utl_smtp.helo(conn, smtp_domain);
It gives me an error:
ORA-29278: SMTP transient error: 421 Service not available
Message was edited by:
Monk
Message was edited by:
Monk