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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"
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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
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| 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 | ||