You can use encoded
e-mail passwords. When a password is encoded with PROC PWENCODE, the
output string includes a tag that identifies the string as having
been encoded. An example of a tag is {sas001}. The tag indicates the
encoding method. Encoding a password enables you to avoid e-mail access
authentication with a password in plaintext. Passwords that start
with "{sas" trigger an attempt to be decoded. If the decoding succeeds,
then that decoded password is used. If the decoding fails, then the
password is used as is.
For more information,
see PWENCODE Procedure in Base SAS Procedures Guide.Windows Specifics: In the Windows operating system, SAS prompts you for an e-mail ID
and a password if the EMAILSYS system option is set to MAPI or VIM
if you do not specify the EMAILID and EMAILPW system options at invocation,
or if you are not otherwise logged in to your e-mail system. If the
EMAILSYS system option is set to SMTP, SAS will not prompt you for
an e-mail ID and a password.