Hi
can u tell me what is MAPI some what more details ant it. And more desribetion about your problem. Well you migt get your answer but still i want to know more details.
bye
vinay
MAPI is the Microsoft Messaging API - whihc is Microsoft's proprietary way of sending and receiving internet messages (email). The question was whether or not one could use MAPI to send mail from the Oracle database - which you can using the example from the link above.
The major difference between MAPI and SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 is that MAPI is a proprietary API from Microsoft while SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 are open standard APIs that the rest of the world uses. If you want good information about these APIs, just do a search on Google...there's a lot out there.
In the future you should do a little research first, like a search on Google, as I believe you will learn a lot more than posting questions and waiting for the reply. Besides, replies to boards such as this are not always correct. Whereas if you did a search on Google and brought up several pages of info on any given topic you could probably extrapolate more accurate information.