Mail Alert Setup
Through electronic mail, servers can provide notice to the DBA or other users of any errors as they occur. The level of message logging is dependent on the Log Level flag (
-LGL
n) setting. For more information, see
Message Logging.
Note: The e-mail notification list feature is not available on Windows.
Visual DBA:
In VIsual DBA, you set up the mail alert feature by expanding the Replication branch in the Database Object Manager and expanding the Mail Alert Users branch. For more information, see the online help topic Defining Error Mail Destinations.
Replicator Manager:
In Replicator Manager, you set up the mail alert feature using the Mail Notification List window by adding the e-mail account for those users who require e-mail notification. For more information, see
Create a Mail Notification List.
The Error Mail (-MLE) flag, which controls the sending of error messages, is set by default. If you set the No Error Mail (-NML) flag, no mail messages are sent.
Note: When a transaction (for example, an unresolved collision) cannot be transmitted to its target, it remains on the distribution queue. Because the Replicator Server retries propagation every time it rereads the queue (as when new items are queued up), multiple mail notifications are sent. Consider this when deciding whether to use the ‑MLE or -NML flags and who to include in the mail notification list.