ORA-29279: SMTP Permanent Error: 553 5.1.3 Using UTL_SMTP.RCPT

(Doc ID 369050.1)

Last updated on JULY 05, 2017

Applies to:

PL/SQL - Version 9.2.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 18th Mar 2016***

Symptoms

Running a procedure that uses the UTL_SMTP package to send email, the line

   utl_smtp.rcpt(mail_conn, 'bcc:name1.surname1@domain.com,name2.surname2@domain.com');


causes the error:

  ORA-29279: SMTP permanent error: 553 5.1.3
  bcc:name1.surname1@domain.com,name2.surname2@domain.com... Invalid route address

Cause

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