In order to enable operator notifications I navigated to SQL Server Agent/Properties/Alert System/Mail Session, checked "Enable mail Profile", selected Mail System and Mail Profile. At this time Test button next to the Mail Profile was disabled, so I clicked OK and decided to return to this configuration dialog later.
This worked and notification are being sent but when I returned to this configuration dialog later the Test button is still disabled.
Can anyone explain that?
test
button would become available if you choseSQL MAIL
(which is no longer supported) rather than Database Mail. Naturally, you can alway test Database Mail by right-clicking that node and choosingsend test email