Send email with attachment

Bill Vlahos bvlahos at mac.com
Sun Sep 2 10:36:29 EDT 2007


I want it on both Mac and Windows.

Bill

On Aug 31, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Andre Garzia wrote:

> 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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