We have applications that need to send out email notifications from time to time. We have been using the .net mail classes but recently we are running into the problem of some virus checkers blocking port 25. To me the correct solution is to set up the correct exclusion rules to allow our app to keep working. However, some are afraid that this may become a huge hassle in the future, especially as new organizations come on line, and would prefer to use SQL dbmail instead. I don’t particularly like this choice, I would much rather have the application handle this aspect but I’m not sure if it’s worth the fight. Are there any real advantages of using .net mail over the SQL mail?
We have applications that need to send out email notifications from time to time.
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You should ask yourself the following question
It all depends on how many emails you’ll be sending and how busy the SQL server is.
If you’ll not be sending many emails and you’ve got a pretty quiet SQL server; go right ahead.
If (like most of us) you’re not that lucky, then look elsewhere.