Hi,

I wonder if anyone can with the following. We have a production
sql 2000 server with SQL mail setup.

We have outlook 2000 coporate/workgroup edition installed and sql SP4.
Outlook is pointed to a SMTP server as the company use lotus notes as
their email and The problem that we have is that every so often the
mail stops working and hangs.

I understand from other message sthat this is down to the smtp client
requesting authentication but because its running in a service we
never see the dialog box and as such a reboot is required.

We know the configuration is correct as emails do get sent at times.
Apart from changing everything to SMTP client dlls is there any way to
track down exactly what is happening with the SQL mail when it hangs?
Nothing appears in any of the error or event logs so its annoying that
i can't go back to the business with a more concrete explanation of
whats happing.

Any ideas?

Ian.