Problem Note 20931: ERROR: "Could not connect to SMTP host: mailhost.yourcompany.com" when starting SAS Remote/Foundation Services
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When starting SAS Remote/Foundation Services, you might see and error similar to
Could not connect to SMTP host: mailhost.yourcompany.comwritten to the SAS Remote Services command window.
The problem occurs when the mail host for alert notifications is not defined.
To circumvent the problem, define the mail host via the Configuration Manager plug-in for SAS Management Console.
Instructions are available in chapter 8 of the SAS Solutions Services 1.4 System Administration Guide, under the heading "Configuring Applications Using the SAS Management Console". You will also see a sub-header with instructions to "Modify E-mail Settings".
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Financial Management | Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 4.1 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| AIX | 4.3 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||||
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> Metadata Analytics ==> Data Mining |
| Date Modified: | 2010-06-17 11:23:45 |
| Date Created: | 2007-09-11 10:48:00 |