1. App Builder User's Guide
  2. Extending Application Capabilities
  3. Sending Email from an Application

19.1 Sending Email from an Application

To configure and manage email in Oracle Application Express, an Instance administrator must sign 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.

Parent topic: Extending Application Capabilities

19.1.1 About Configuring Email

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

See Also:

"Configuring Email" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide

Parent topic: Sending Email from an Application

19.1.1.1 About Enabling Network Services

Enabling network services enables support for sending outbound mail in Oracle Application Express, use of Web services in Oracle Application Express, and PDF report printing.

By default, the ability to interact with network services is disabled in Oracle Database 11g Release 2 or later. Therefore, if you are running Oracle Application Express with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 or later, you must use the new DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN package to grant connect privileges to any host for the APEX_200200 database user. Failing to grant these privileges results in issues with:

  • Sending outbound mail in Oracle Application Express.

    Users can call methods from the APEX_MAIL package, but issues arise when sending outbound email.

  • Using Web services in Oracle Application Express.

  • PDF/report printing.

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Parent topic: About Configuring Email

19.1.1.2 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 sign 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

Parent topic: About Configuring Email

19.1.2 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:

Parent topic: Sending Email from an Application

19.1.3 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

Parent topic: Sending Email from an Application

19.1.4 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.

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Parent topic: Sending Email from an Application