EMAILSYS System Option: Windows

Specifies the e-mail protocol to use for sending electronic mail.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation
Category: Environment control: E-mail
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= EMAIL
Default: MAPI
Windows specifics: all

Syntax

-EMAILSYS MAPI | VIM | SMTP

Required Arguments

MAPI
specifies to use the Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) electronic mail interface. This value is the default.
VIM
specifies to use the Vendor Independent Mail (VIM) electronic mail interface.
SMTP
specifies to use the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol e-mail interface.

Details

SAS supports three types of protocols: MAPI (such as Microsoft Exchange), Vendor Independent Mail (VIM—such as Lotus Notes) and SMTP. The default value is MAPI. If you specify SMTP, you must also specify and configure the EMAILHOST and EMAILPORT system options. SMTP is available only when you are sending e-mail programmatically. SMTP is not available using either your e-mail program native dialog box or the SAS e-mail dialog box.