You can use the APEX_MAIL package to send an email from an Oracle Application Express application. This package is built on top of the Oracle supplied UTL_SMTP package. Because of this dependence, the UTL_SMTP package must be installed and functioning to use APEX_MAIL.
APEX_MAIL contains three procedures. Use APEX_MAIL.SEND to send an outbound email message from your application. Use APEX_MAIL.PUSH_QUEUE to deliver mail messages stored in APEX_MAIL_QUEUE. Use APEX_MAIL.ADD_ATTACHMENT to send an outbound email message from your application as an attachment.
Note:
ORACLE_APEX_MAIL_QUEUE, which periodically sends all mail messages stored in the active mail queue. In order to call the APEX_MAIL package from outside the context of an Application Express application, you must call apex_util.set_security_group_id as in the following example:
for c1 in (
select workspace_id
from apex_applications
where application_id = p_app_id )
loop
apex_util.set_security_group_id(p_security_group_id =>
c1.workspace_id);
end loop;
See Also:
"Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference" for more information about the UTL_SMTP package
"Sending Email from an Application" in Oracle Application Express App Builder User’s Guide