SQL Server Agent Alert System - Operators?

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    SQL Server Agent Alert System - Operators?

    SQL Server 2005 SP2 64-bit

    I am quite confused about the SQL Server Agent Alert System.

    I have configured Database Mail, establishing my Profile(s) and
    Account(s), and specifying SMTP server+port. I then configured SQL
    Server Agent, under Properties->Alert System, to use Database Mail,
    specifying a particular Mail Profile to use.

    I then go into the properties of one of my Agent Jobs, and under
    Notifications, expect to see, perhaps by default, the Database Mail
    profile I picked when configuring Agent, or perhaps an account under
    that particular profile.
    Instead I have to pick an Operator. What do Operators have to do w/
    the accounts/profiles in Database Mail? Shouldn't Database Mail have
    made Operators unnecessary and obsolete?

    When I define an Operator, I only specify an e-mail address, not an SMTP
    server or port. How does it know the server/port to use? Does it
    use those defined under Database Mail? If so, what account?

    Can someone explain this to me?

    thanks

    aj
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