Date:         Thu, 12 May 2005 14:50:06 -0700
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From:         "David L. Cassell" <cassell.david@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Datastep email with outlook email engine
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ben.powell@CLA.CO.UK replied:
> I found a csv or jpeg could be attached successfully although not a
> sas dataset,

A .csv file OUGHT to be readily attached through an SMTP server
evne without MIME.  It's just a simple text file, and SMTP should
be able to handle that without resorting to the header-envelope-closer
mess of MIME.  JPEGs are kind of borderline here, and may or may
not go through without MIME.  It may even depend on the settings of
your mail server.  SAS data sets are likely to flag as binary files
requiring MIME treatment, and that ought to cause problems with a
straight SMTP connection.  You can get around that with special
(non-SAS) code to handle the MIME for you, although I don't see any
reason you couldn't fake the MIME header and envelope yourself in
a DATA step if you really wanted to.

Still, look on the bright side.  You could be stuck using Groupwise
or Lotus Notes instead.

David
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David Cassell, CSC
Cassell.David@epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician