Email notifications using EG 3.0 Thin Client on Windows server

[deleted_user]

We need to automate some of our canned reports monthly and would like to email them as soon as they are available.
Using the filename email option gives an "Undetermined I/O Error". Proc Options gives me a CONFIG path that I can't get to, hence I can't change the EMAILHOST or EMAILSYS options. This is pretty straightforward in batch unix, linux or mainframe.

1) How should I go about this on windows?
2) Can I set/use a custom CONFIG?

[deleted_user]

Hi,

Someone on SAS-L mentioned that we probably cannot use custom CONFIG files when EG runs on the server. Hence, we asked our admin to add -EMAILHOST -EMAILSYS options to the config on the server. It appears to have resolved our problem.
The next is server side automation. Is it possible?

Many thanks
Nori

[deleted_user]

I need to change the config file myself, but I am not sure, what you meant, did your admin just add those 2 words to the config file or is there some syntax besides that?

Thanks

[deleted_user]

it seems email options must be set as a sas session starts.
(as documented in the log after running the code:
proc options group= email define value; run;
Is there some real need for this restriction, or can we hope for change?
Either (or both)
1 allow EG to contribute SAS invocation options
2 enable email options to be changed after invocation
??

Peter

[deleted_user]

He added the following to the config file:

-emailsys SMTP
-emailhost mailsrv
-emailport 25

hth
Nori

[deleted_user]

Thanks so much, I got it working.