Have you installed SQL Server 2016, enabled Database Mail and not been able to send a test email?  Does the email queue show a list of queued mail items but no entries in the Database Mail log?  This may help. I installed SQL Server 2016 with CU1, used a domain user as the owner of the SQL Server accounts and gave that domain user local administrator privileges. I turned on database mail and created a profile and email account to … Continue reading SQL Server 2016 – Database mail queued but not sending