Date:         Thu, 14 Oct 1999 11:33:00 -0400
Reply-To:     laurie_abell@DOFASCO.CA
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Laurie Abell <laurie_abell@DOFASCO.CA>
Subject:      Re: email attachments on unix
Comments: To: EUSDEE1@AM1.ERICSSON.SE
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It sounds like SAS does not support what you want to do... maybe you can
send the email using a unix command. I use the rmail command to send email
from our HP-UX system, but I've never tried an attachment.

FWIW, an attachment is almost always better than including a report in the
message (nobody likes to get huge email messages and the format usually gets
messed up), but I don't think this will prevent readers from making
alterations. I use MS Outlook and I can edit an attachment and forward it to
anyone without them knowing that I made a change.

Hope this helps!

Laurie


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> Laurie Abell
> Dofasco Inc., I.S. Data Services
> laurie_abell@dofasco.ca
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dwight Eggers (EUS) [SMTP:EUSDEE1@AM1.ERICSSON.SE]
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 10:35 AM
> To:   SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      email attachments on unix
>
> Using TS605 as a reference, I am attempting to send a file as an email
> attachment under 6.12 on a Solaris unix system.  I am getting the error
> message
>
> /prod/sas612/utilities/bin/sasmailer does not support attachments.  Mail
> not
> set.
>
> Is this an inherent limitation of 6.12 on unix, or is there something else
> I
> am doing wrong?  If it is an inherent limitation, does anyone have any
> work-around suggestions?
> I want to send the results as an attachment, rather than in the body, to
> avoid alteration of the content by the mail reader.  Is there another way
> to
> do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Dwight Eggers