Hi,

I intend to send a simple smtp mail using the builtin UTL_SMTP package.

But i get the following error:-
ORA-20002: 501 Bad syntax error

Here is my code:-
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE mail
IS
BEGIN
DECLARE
v_connection UTL_SMTP.CONNECTION;

BEGIN v_connection := UTL_SMTP.OPEN_CONNECTION(,25);
dbms_output.put_line('Connection Opened');

UTL_SMTP.HELO(v_connection,);
dbms_output.put_line('After calling helo');

UTL_SMTP.MAIL(v_connection,'test@myhost.com');
dbms_output.put_line('Sender set');

UTL_SMTP.RCPT(v_connection,'test1@myhost.com');
dbms_output.put_line('Recipient Set');

UTL_SMTP.DATA(v_connection,'Sent From PL/SQL');
dbms_output.put_line('Message body set');

UTL_SMTP.QUIT(v_connection);
dbms_output.put_line('Connection Closed');
end;
END;
/

Here is the output:-

SQL> exec mail
Connection Opened
After calling helo
BEGIN mail; END;

*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-20002: 501 Bad address syntax
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 86
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 204
ORA-06512: at "ADMIN.MAIL", line 13
ORA-06512: at line 1


I tried sending mails to my smtp server via java mailing API and i am
successful. So i am wondering wat i am doing wrong up there in Oracle.
I have JServer enabled, i also ran the initplsj.sql successfully.

Please help.
Regards,
Leo.