Sending Email from an Application

To configure and manage email in Oracle Application Express, an Instance administrator must log in to Oracle Application Express Administration Services.

• About Configuring Email
  To enable Oracle Application Express to send email, an Instance administrator must configure email settings.
• About Email Provisioning
  You can configure Oracle Application Express to automatically email users their login credentials when a new workspace request has been approved. To accomplish this, you must complete the email configuration process and select the provisioning status, Request with Email Verification.
• About the Mail Queue
  Instance administrators can manage email sent from applications by monitoring email messages in the mail queue and mail log.
• About the APEX_MAIL Package
  You can send email from an Oracle Application Express application using the APEX_MAIL package.

About Configuring Email

To enable Oracle Application Express to send email, an Instance administrator must configure email settings.

• About Enabling Network Services
  
• About Configuring Email in a Full Development Environment
  

See Also:

"Configuring Email" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide

About Enabling Network Services

By default, the ability to interact with network services is disabled in Oracle Database 11g Release 1 or 2 or later. Therefore, if you are running Oracle Application Express with Oracle Database 11g Release 1 or 2 or later, you must use the new DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN package to grant connect privileges to any host for the APEX_180200 database user. Failing to grant these privileges results in issues with:

• Sending outbound mail in Oracle Application Express.

• Using Web services in Oracle Application Express.

• PDF/report printing.

See Also:

• “Enabling Network Services in Oracle Database 11g or Later” for your installation scenario in Oracle Application Express Installation Guide:

  • "Installing Application Express and Configuring Oracle REST Data Services"

  • "Installing Application Express and Configuring Embedded PL/SQL Gateway"

  • "Installing Application Express and Configuring Oracle HTTP Server"

• "Configuring Email" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide

About Configuring Email in a Full Development Environment

To configure Oracle Application Express to send mail in a full development environment your Instance administrator must log in to Oracle Application Express Administration Services, navigate to the Instance Settings page and configure Email attributes.

See Also:

"Configuring Email" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide

About Email Provisioning

You can configure Oracle Application Express to automatically email users their login credentials when a new workspace request has been approved. To accomplish this, you must complete the email configuration process and select the provisioning status, Request with Email Verification.

See Also:

• "Configuring Email" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide

• "About Specifying How Workspaces Are Created" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide

• "Selecting a Provisioning Mode" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide

About the Mail Queue

Instance administrators can manage email sent from applications by monitoring email messages in the mail queue and mail log.

See Also:

"Managing the Mail Queue" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide

About the APEX_MAIL Package

You can send email from an Oracle Application Express application using the APEX_MAIL package.

The APEX_MAIL package is built on top of the Oracle supplied UTL_SMTP package. Because of this dependence, the UTL_SMTP package must be installed and functioning to use APEX_MAIL.

See Also:

• "APEX_MAIL" in Oracle Application Express API Reference

• "Configuring Email" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide