Send email from within SAS

[Tal]

hi,

has anyone here used the SAS Studio Version?

I just tried to send an email as a practice (i never done this before):

filename outbox email 'Tom';

data _null_;
  file outbox
     to=('tom_rodd@hotmail.com')
     subject='Hello';
      put 'Hello';
run;

and the  logs show the message was sent but actually  the recepient never got it.

NOTE: The file OUTBOX is:E-Mail Access Device

Message sent

To: 'tom_rodd@hotmail.com'

Cc: 'tom_rodd@hotmail.com'

Bcc:

Subject: hello

Attachments:

NOTE: 1 record was written to the file OUTBOX.

The minimum record length was 5.

The maximum record length was 5.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.05 seconds

cpu time 0.01 seconds

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

SAS needs to be configured to use a working SMTP server. See http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrcon/62955/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a002592353.htm

And the server must tolerate sending your email. SMTP servers are often restricted in which sources may send emails to which targets (to prevent being abused for spamming)

[Tal]

thanks Kurt

i have this studio version that runs on a virtual box so i guess there s nothing i can do about the configuration