Send email with attachment

Andre Garzia andre at andregarzia.com
Fri Aug 31 12:20:54 EDT 2007


Bill,
coming late to this thread, are you on mac or windows? on macs you can use
applescript for that.

Andre

On 8/31/07, Derek Bump <list at dreamscapesoftware.com> wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> You're welcome.  I just tried the MIME suggestion I had, but I'm having
> no luck getting it to work.  It relies on headers, which a "mailto:"
> will not let you specify (other than subject, to and cc).
>
> What you may try is using a VBScript or Windows Scripting Host.  While
> they may provide a solution, be aware that most AntiVirus and
> AntiSpyware programs will display an alert to the user.
>
> Also, something to be aware of, revMail doesn't locate the default email
> client on Windows Vista properly.  Bug report #5286.  I have posted a
> fix on the report if you need it.
>
> If you do end up finding a solution, please let myself and the list
> know.  This is something that a lot of us have been trying to figure out
> for a long time.  Thanks.
>
>
> Derek Bump
> Dreamscape Software
> http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com
>
>
> Bill Vlahos wrote:
> > Thanks Derek.
> >
> > What I want to do is essentially what Microsoft does in Word and Excel.
> > You can email the document you have open and it uses the default email
> > client on both Macs and Windows to do it.
> >
> > That's a good point about web mail programs. I hadn't thought of that.
> > Unfortunately, I can't depend on a server somewhere for this software.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Aug 26, 2007, at 9:40 PM, Derek Bump wrote:
> >
> >> Bill,
> >>
> >> What you could do is create the body of the email and encode the
> >> attachment directly into the message via content types (I believe it's
> >> called MIME).  To see what I mean, view the source of an email message
> >> with an attachment.
> >>
> >> I am not sure though if *all* email programs would honor the embedded
> >> code when it's passed via the mailto:, and would instead just display
> it
> >> as inline text as opposed to an attachment.  This may create confusion
> >> for some users.
> >>
> >> There is one other consideration that I hope you have not ignored, and
> >> that is that a LOT of people don't use traditional email
> programs.  They
> >> use web based email like Hotmail or Yahoo Mail.  I had implemented a
> >> mailto: script in one of my programs, only to replace it later on with
> a
> >> PHP script on my server that would send the email regardless of what
> >> type of email they used (or if they even had email at all).
> >>
> >> I hope that helps you in your efforts.  If you're interested in a copy
> >> of the PHP script, email me off-list and I'll send you a copy.
> >>
> >>
> >> Derek Bump
> >> Dreamscape Software
> >> http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Bill Vlahos wrote:
> >>> The following command works great for opening a new email message and
> >>> putting the address(s) in it. What I would like to also do is add a
> >>> specific attachment to the email as well but I don't see a parameter
> for
> >>> doing that. This would be for Mac and Windows now and Linux when Rev
> 2.9
> >>> comes out.
> >>>
> >>> revGoURL "mailto:guido at sales.example.com"
> >>>
> >>> I know there are ways to send email directly from Rev apps but in this
> >>> case I would like to leverage the email program the user already has
> and
> >>> not require setting up SMTP parameters.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Bill Vlahos
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