----- Original Message ----- From: "MikeB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:56 AM Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: Simple Email w or wo/attachment
> (I believe) It won't work with Outlook. > > Outlook's default file extension is *.msg, but that is for an "Outlook Item", an > entirely different animal than a mailto structure. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Claudine Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:19 AM > Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: Simple Email w or wo/attachment > > > > Mike, > > > > As usual, kudos for writing a nifty program! As you mentioned, it could > > also be used as a template to do other file building. > > > > Just one question, instead of .eml for OE, what should be used for Outlook > > 2003? It works fine as is but brings up the window: "Outlook Express is not > > your default client, etc...". Yes, this is annoying because EVERY time you open Outlook, it sets itself as the default email client w/o asking your approaval. I have seen some fixes for this, but never applied it as I mostly use OE for email and Outlook for calendaring. > > Thanks for sharing with us. > > > > Claudine :) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MikeB > > > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 1:33 PM > > > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Simple Email w or wo/attachment > > > > > > I created a form (looks like a smaller email client UI). > > > > > > You can enter the info including the message text and optionally an > > > Attachment > > > of PLAINTEXT only. > > > > > > The message body supports Returns and tabs (it's a variable richedit box), > > > but > > > is in Plain Text only. > > > > > > It will prepare a properly formatted (for OE only) file that is "Launched" > > > starting the OE client with everything already to go. Just press Send. > > > > > > It just simplifies the process of creating the long text string to pass as > > > a > > > "MailTo:"; . > > > > > > I know how to make it work with binary files, but don't have time right > > > now to > > > do that and it requires a plugin of sorts to do it, but it will work fine > > > with > > > text files and any RBase script files. > > > > > > http://www.byerley.net/SendMail.zip > > >
