Adding or Modifying E-Mail Settings for SAS Application Servers

Overview of Adding or Modifying E-Mail Settings for SAS Application Servers

At installation time, the SAS Deployment Wizard prompts you for an e-mail server. This server is used by the SAS Metadata Server to send e-mail alerts to an administrator if journaling issues arise. The SAS Deployment Wizard also uses this e-mail server as the default for the SAS Application Server to provide e-mail services to various SAS clients. For example, with Data Integration Studio, you can use a Publish to Email transformation to alert users about various data changes. In order for SAS BI Dashboard to send alerts by e-mail to dashboard users and administrators, the port and host name must be configured for the e-mail server.

Add or Modify E-Mail Settings for SAS Application Servers

To change the application server e-mail server settings, follow these steps:

As a user with administrative privileges, log on to the SAS Application Server machine.
Using a text editor, open the application server configuration file.
By default the configuration file resides here:
- Windows:
  
  SAS-configuration-directory\Levn\SASApp\sasv9_usermods.cfg
- UNIX and z/OS:
  
  SAS-configuration-directory/Levn/SASApp/sasv9_usermods.cfg
Do one of the following:
- add e-mail settings:
  
  add the following e-mail options: -emailsys, -emailhost, and -emailport, and save the file.
  
  For more information, see EMAILID= System Option in SAS System Options: Reference.
- modify e-mail settings:
  
  Locate the e-mail options (-emailsys, -emailhost, and -emailport), make the necessary changes, and save the file.
  
  For more information, see EMAILID= System Option in SAS System Options: Reference.
The e-mail changes will take effect the next time the SAS application requests an e-mail service from the application server.