Restart SQL Server DB Mail Aug 27, 2019 SQL Server DB Mail will occasionaly use a crazy amount of memory and/or resources. I have added the following to SQL Servers for years as an Agent Job. --Stop DBMail use msdb; go execute dbo.sysmail_stop_sp; go --Start DBMail use msdb; go execute dbo.sysmail_start_sp; go --Check the status of DBMail use msdb; go execute sysmail_help_status_sp; go