Take a look at R:mail.
Richard Kahl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: Launch and Outlook Express
> Dave,
>
> I really don't know the answer and I guess that someone else will but,
just
> in case:
>
> My suggestion would be to construct the various e-mails tags much as you
> have shown with the select statement for mailto. Select is very versatile
in
> being able to add-in text!
>
> Attachments should be no different, probably separated by a comma or a
> semi-colon for multiples. I don't suppose the help files for OE are any
use
> but you could try them otherwise it's trial and error based on what you
> already know.
>
> I suppose that you would want to do something like this:
>
> out filename.$$$
> select [mailto clause]
> select [cc clause]
> ...
> select [attachments clause]
> out screen
>
> then move the file to your outbox directory and launch OE.
>
> I don't think that you want to use any parameters because simply opening
and
> connecting OE should send and receive mail. The difficulty will probably
be
> getting the file into OE in which case try bcc-ing (blind copy) a copy to
> the originator and using some other method to send the mail.
>
> Used to do this sort of thing with Lotus Notes but that's a different ball
> game!
>
> Good luck,
> Regards,
> Alastair.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 9:19 PM
> Subject: Launch and Outlook Express
>
>
> > Dear All
> >
> > In the LAUNCH help files it says the following:
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Example 06: (To automate e-mails via R:BASE)
> >
> > If you know the e-mail tags of your default e-mail program, using the
> LAUNCH
> > command, you could easily achieve that task of automating e-mails.
> >
> > SET VAR vMailTo TEXT = NULL
> > SET VAR vCustID INTEGER = 2001
> > SELECT ('mailto:'+EMailAddress) INTO vMailTo INDIC IvMailTo +
> > FROM Contacts WHERE CustId = .vCustID
> > LAUNCH .vMailTo
> > That will launch default e-mail programs with filled in To:
> >
> > You could follow the same scenario for other e-mail tags, such as:
> >
> > Subject:
> > Cc:
> > Bcc:
> > Attached:
> > Message:
> > ---
> >
> >
> > But can anyone please help me with the syntax to combine these tags (For
> > example filling in the To:, Subject: and Attached: e-mail fields via
> LAUNCH?
> >
> > Finally, taking this one step further, how would I attach multiply
> > attachments via LAUNCH
> >
> > Would appreciate any advice
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David Poole
> >
> > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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