Hi Steve,

This is the article I've found and read that lead to my investigation of the Databasemail.exe, https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/e9aea42f-0382-4cee-b3b4-8aa62842d44e/database-mail-queue-will-not-stay-online-inactive?forum=sqlservicebroker.

I was looking for the Databasemail.exe on the Task...

Steve,

Just found the solution after another half day of agonizing googling and trying. The databasemail.exe wasn't started. It requires .Net Framework 3.5 to be enabled. You can...

Steve,

I have the exact same problem here for my SQL Server 2016 Databasemail. Trying for 2 days and still haven't figure it out. Please post your follow up...

This worked for me, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317746