Date:         Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:11:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Alan Churchill <SASL001@SAVIAN.NET>
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From:         Alan Churchill <SASL001@SAVIAN.NET>
Subject:      Re: Email into SAS server and starting a SAS job.  Possible?
Comments: To: Ali G <Alistair.Gordon@NEWTYNE.COM>
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This seems like a real odd way of handling a data transfer. Can you have
them use a different transport than email? Perhaps FTP or something similar
(i.e. WebDAV)? Is there a reason why email is being considered? The email
adds in a requirement to have something monitor the email and then save the
file whereas a data store would be able to automatically detect a file
change and initiate a process.

Alan

Alan Churchill
Savian "Bridging SAS and Microsoft Technologies"
www.savian.net


-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ali G
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:56 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Email into SAS server and starting a SAS job. Possible?

Is this possible?

We have a SAS BI Enterprise and a big UNIX server.  Is it possible for
someone to email into the server and attach a CSV file say, and upon
receipt of the file the server goes 'Ah ha!' and kicks off a SAS job
that rips out the attached file and does something or other with it?

What needs to be done?

Many thanks.