KB4100873 - FIX: Database Mail cannot connect to SQL Server 2017 on Linux when non-default TCP port is used

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Applies To

SQL Server 2017 Developer Linux SQL Server 2017 Enterprise on Linux SQL Server 2017 Enterprise Core on Linux SQL Server 2017 Standard on Linux

Symptoms

Assume that you use SQL Server 2017 on Linux. If you configure the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port where SQL Server listens for connections to a non-default value (the default value is 1433), SQL Server Database Mail may be unable to connect to SQL Server. Therefore, you cannot perform database mail operations.

Resolution

This issue is fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:

Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2017

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2017

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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