sysmail_help_configure_sp (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: 
SQL Server
Displays configuration settings for Database Mail.
Transact-SQL syntax conventions
Syntax
sysmail_help_configure_sp [ [ @parameter_name = ] 'parameter_name' ]
[ ; ]
Arguments
[ @parameter_name = ] 'parameter_name'
The name of the configuration setting to retrieve. When specified, the value of the configuration setting is returned in the @parameter_value OUTPUT parameter. When no @parameter_name is specified, this stored procedure returns a result set containing all of the Database Mail configuration settings in the instance.
Return code values
0 (success) or 1 (failure).
Result set
When no @parameter_name is specified, sysmail_help_configure_sp returns a result set with the following columns.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
paramname |
nvarchar(256) | The name of the configuration parameter. |
paramvalue |
nvarchar(256) | The value of the configuration parameter. |
description |
nvarchar(256) | A description of the configuration parameter. |
Remarks
The stored procedure sysmail_help_configure_sp lists the current Database Mail configuration settings for the instance.
When a @parameter_name is specified, but no output parameter is provided for @parameter_value, this stored procedure produces no output.
The stored procedure sysmail_help_configure_sp is in the msdb database and is owned by the dbo schema. The procedure must be invoked with a three-part name if the current database isn't msdb.
Permissions
You can grant EXECUTE permissions on this procedure, but these permissions might be overridden during a SQL Server upgrade.
Examples
The following example shows listing the Database Mail configuration settings for the SQL Server instance.
EXEC msdb.dbo.sysmail_help_configure_sp;
Here is a sample result set, edited for line length:
paramname paramvalue description
------------------------------- --------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
AccountRetryAttempts 1 Number of retry attempts for a mail server
AccountRetryDelay 5000 Delay between each retry attempt to mail server
DatabaseMailExeMinimumLifeTime 600 Minimum process lifetime in seconds
DefaultAttachmentEncoding MIME Default attachment encoding
LoggingLevel 2 Database Mail logging level: normal - 1, extended - 2 (default), verbose - 3
MaxFileSize 1000000 Default maximum file size
ProhibitedExtensions exe,dll,vbs,js Extensions not allowed in outgoing mails