Date:         Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:39:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Richard DeVenezia <rdevenezia@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Richard DeVenezia <rdevenezia@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Any SAS codes to receive email?
Comments: To: ST <sheepsas@gmail.com>
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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.