How do you send an email from a cli

[AllCaz]

How do you send an email from a client's machine if you don't know what kind of mail server or email client they have installed? I also need to attach a file to the message.

ShellExecute works great with Outlook, but doesn't attach the file with Outlook Express. I get a return code of 42 whether or not the file got attached.

Is there one magic command that works with all, or most email clients - kind of like a mailto: link on a web page seems to work across platforms?

 

[rgbean]

If you've installed the sample code from the MSDN CD, open the SendMail.scx form in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\MSDN\2001JAN\1033\Samples\VFP98\Solution\Ole\ directory. (Note: the "2001JAN" level maybe different depending on the version of the CD you've used.)

More generally, you might want to fire up the Solutions sample code .APP with:
DO (_samples+"\solution\solution.app&quot

The MAPI example is under ActiveX / ActiveX controls / Send Mail

You may also want to try

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q146/6/41.asp

- HOWTO: Use OLE Messaging to Send Mail in Visual FoxPro App and

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q175/0/52.ASP

- HOWTO: Send a Message in Visual FoxPro Using Active Messaging and

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q152/7/72.asp

- Mapiform.exe How to Send Mail Messages with MAPI.

Rick

 

[GrigoreDolghin]

Hello.

Maybe you'll want to try the mail class belonging to Rick Borup (I believe he is the author - I'm not sure right now).

Get an account at

http://www.universalthread.com,

then search the files section. There are so much utils written there...

Hope this helps
Grigore Dolghin
Class Software
Bucharest, Romania