SMTP Authentication in Oracle Mail using utl_smtp package

[Prakash Vaidyanathan]

Hi,
I have a procedure that sends mail from oracle database to specified mail id. But my smtp server needs authentication. Can anyone tell me how to check for authentication using utl_smtp.
The following is the code i am using for sending mails:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE SEND_MAIL (
msg_to varchar2,
msg_subject varchar2,
msg_text varchar2 )
IS
c utl_smtp.connection;
rc integer;
msg_from varchar2(50) := '[e-mail]'; -- dummy mail id & will be replaced with correct mail id at time of execution.
mailhost VARCHAR2(30) := 'cgnnt003'; -- local database host

BEGIN
c := utl_smtp.open_connection(mailhost, 25); -- SMTP on port 25
utl_smtp.helo(c, mailhost);
utl_smtp.mail(c, msg_from);
utl_smtp.rcpt(c, msg_to);

utl_smtp.data(c,'From: Oracle Database' || utl_tcp.crlf ||
'To: ' || msg_to || utl_tcp.crlf ||
'Subject: ' || msg_subject ||
utl_tcp.crlf || msg_text);
utl_smtp.quit(c);

EXCEPTION
WHEN UTL_SMTP.INVALID_OPERATION THEN
dbms_output.put_line(' Invalid Operation in Mail attempt
using UTL_SMTP.');
WHEN UTL_SMTP.TRANSIENT_ERROR THEN
dbms_output.put_line(' Temporary e-mail issue - try again');
WHEN UTL_SMTP.PERMANENT_ERROR THEN
dbms_output.put_line(' Permanent Error Encountered.');
END;
/

Thanks

[Ravikumar Chellaboina]

Prakash,

You need cross check with your Mail admin and add your IP Address in the Mail Server so that you can send mails from your IP. I do not think you can use authentication using this package. For me the above procedure worked.

Good Luck