Yes, I am on a Mac. Maybe that's why I don't have any MAPI settings.
Is there anyone out there who can help me? It seems like this should
be an Ebase thing, since emails work from our email clients
throughout the office, but not through Ebase.
Pleeeeeeease!!!
Melissa
>Are you on a Mac? (Sorry, should have asked in advance.) If so, I
>have limited experience with Eudora or any other email program. I
>just checked the documents for the WIN32 version of Eudora 5.0, and
>there are MAPI settings options, but I believe this only runs on
>Windows. Can anyone give Melissa advice for sending email from
>ebase on the Mac?
>
>Melissa, have you tried checking your Filemaker Pro manual and/or
>the FMP website?
>
>Sorry not more help,
>Matt
>
>At 10:15 AM 12/5/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>Hi Matt!
>>
>>thanks for the advice on my email problem, but I think I need more info
>>on the MAPI thing.
>>
>>I have Eudora 5.0 and there isn't any tool option. There are settings
>>options, but no tools. I looked in every sub category there and saw
>>nothing about MAPI.
>>
>>Do you know if Netscape Communicator should work with Ebase?
>>
>>I desperately need to figure this out!
>>
>>Melissa Victory
>>The Orion Society
>>195 Main St
>>Great Barrington, MA 01230
>>
>>Well, it just sends it out as a MAPI object, so you need to have a
>>MAPI-enabled email client or server running (or executable). If you
>>don't, Filemaker will not recognize the fact.
>>
>>So you're saying that you've never gotten an email to work through
>>ebase? Sounds like an email client issue, not a Filemaker or ebase issue.
>>
>>In that case, go into Eudora, click on Tools>Options, and scroll down to
>>MAPI. In the MAPI options, make sure the setting for "Use Eudora MAPI
>>server" is not set to "Never". The difference between "always" or
>>"While Eudora is running", is that "Always" will pop up Eudora if you
>>send an email from FMP, even if it's not already open. I'm using Eudora
>>v3, newer versions may have different lingo, but the setting options
>>should be more or less the same.
>>
>>Let me know if this works.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Melissa Victory
The Orion Society
195 Main Street Great Barrington, MA 01230
413/528-4422 (Phone) 413/528-0676 (fax)
http://www.orionsociety.org
