It's a very small shop, and I'm one of those that tries to get it working with all permissions, no security, etc... then we'll tighten it up.  (Case in point......

Allow me to add to that post I just submitted... SQL Agent Mail LOOKS like it took the Outlook Express profile, but I can't send a test message with it......

Same problem here, and both SQL Server and SQL Agent are running under the same account (domain administrator).  Outlook was set up using while logged in as administrtor, as well. ...

More of a complaint than a pet peeve, really... How come we people in IT get paid so little and get no respect? We hold the keys, man!

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Pet Peeves? I'm glad you asked!

1. People who thump their cigarettes out of the car window.

2. People who don't know the difference between "your" and "you're." ...

Thanks for the reply... yep, thought of that.

How about reading the log file? I don't know much about that topic. Is it "readable?"

I'll answer that last question... at least for me. We need to know the date/time rows in the database were last inserted, updated or deleted... preferably a list...