Problem Note 53324: A SAS® program that sends e-mail fails and returns a misleading error: "The SAS System stopped processing this step because of insufficient memory"
In SAS® 9.2 and later, if you use the SAS FILENAME e-mail engine and the SAS TCP/IP interface fails, the following misleading error might appear in your SAS log:
ERROR: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of insufficient memory.
However, insufficient memory is not the true cause of the program failure.
Possible causes of the SAS TCP/IP interface failure include incorrect IBM TCP/IP configuration or incorrect SAS communication setup.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | N/A | z/OS | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
This message is misleading because insufficient memory is not the primary cause of the program failure.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2014-10-29 10:56:13 |
| Date Created: | 2014-06-26 13:17:51 |
