topic Re: Email drafted but on hold for a human check - do not send in SAS Programming

Email drafted but on hold for a human check - do not send

Suzy_Cat — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:50:16 GMT

Hi helpers,

I have searched in this community as well as other places, but could not find any solution for holding the email with automated info drafted.

What I want to achieve is run the program and an email will automatically generated an email but will not send so it can be human checked.

Any one can help with how to hold on to the email ? any options there?

Thanks in advance!

test email can be referenced here:

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Send-Email-if-Nobs-if-not-dont/m-p/473012

Re: Email drafted but on hold for a human check - do not send

andreas_lds — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 06:16:52 GMT

@Suzy_Cat wrote:

Hi helpers,

I have searched in this community as well as other places, but could not find any solution for holding the email with automated info drafted.

What I want to achieve is run the program and an email will automatically generated an email but will not send so it can be human checked.

Any one can help with how to hold on to the email ? any options there?

Thanks in advance!

test email can be referenced here:

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Send-Email-if-Nobs-if-not-dont/m-p/473012

You could send the mail to the human that has to check it.

Re: Email drafted but on hold for a human check - do not send

Suzy_Cat — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:02:24 GMT

@andreas_lds That is I would normally do - I am the one doing the human checking and then forward it to all other recipients.

Would love to discover if any chance to hold the email before sending it

Re: Email drafted but on hold for a human check - do not send

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:10:17 GMT

The module behind FILENAME EMAIL goes directly to a SMTP agent to send; drafts are done in a mail client before anything is sent, and stored in a kind of database that the client (and yes, your gmail account IS a client) keeps. The FILENAME EMAIL does not have that functionality.

In another way: what SAS does (and the only thing it can do) is the equivalent of you hitting the "Send" button in your mail client.