On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:13 AM, ST <sheepsas@gmail.com> wrote: > hi there, > > It is easy to send email via SAS. However, I am wondering if SAS can receive > email and save the attachments automatically from outlook. I get lots of > email from clients with attachments very day. I am looking for a way to get > the attachments to a specific directory for processing. > > I know there are some outlook add-ins available and I tried two of them. The > problem is that the attachments are in the same name and I have to rename > them according to the message title. Neither can do this.

Hu,

You can develop an app in C#, VB, C++, etc app that uses Outlook Object Model http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms268893(VS.80).aspx and then invoke the app using the X statement.

An alternative, and perhaps less desirable, is to write an Outlook macro in VB to process messages and attachments. The macro can be invoked from SAS using the X or similar statement. For example %sysexec Outlook.exe /autostart MyMacro You will likely need to adjust security settings or policies to accomplish this.