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I posted this over in the SQL Server question. &nbsp;It was suggested I post here.<br />
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I noticed, in a system I inherited, that the SS Agent startup account is an email address on the Active Directory domain. &nbsp;I'm stilling learning AD, and this may not even be an AD issue. &nbsp;SS Agent obviously works, but I must confess I've never used an email account for a startup account. &nbsp;Is this a good practice? &nbsp;A bad practice? &nbsp;Any caveats?<br />
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many thanks<br />
guillotj
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I posted this over in the SQL Server question.  It was suggested I post here.

This is the post:

I noticed, in a system I inherited, that the SS Agent startup account is an email address on the Active Directory domain.  I'm stilling learning AD, and this may not even be an AD issue.  SS Agent obviously works, but I must confess I've never used an email account for a startup account.  Is this a good practice?  A bad practice?  Any caveats?

many thanks
guillotj

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