sp_send_dbmail recieptient
HI all~~I am using sp_send_dbmail and I found I can't send to receiptient using a short namelike : xxxx which is xxxx@domain.comwhile in SQL 2000 it is ok~~ any problem ??
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View ArticleMemory allocation failure.
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