[AccessD] Access + Pegasus

Seth Galitzer sgsax at ksu.edu
Tue May 13 13:47:52 CDT 2003


Arthur,

Pegasus doesn't have an object model.  It does, however, support a
commandline mode for sending messages.  Basically, you generate a text
file containing the particulars of the message using a set of known line
"tags", and then run Pegasus with a commandline flag and the path to the
text file.  You do not have access to the address book or mail folders
using some kind of API.  However, Pegasus does use standard mbox format
for mail folders.  At the worst, you could parse those maually.  Address
books are a different matter.

If you have an option, you might want to look at Eudora, which does have
an object model that is documented and has a pretty workable API.

Alternatively, if all you need to do is send messages, I have some code
that does this in a self-contained fashion that requires no ActiveX
controls.  It only works with Win2K & XP, however.  I haven't found out
why specifically, but I think it's just more dll hell.

Pegasus is used widely here.  It's not my favorite email client, but's
it's pretty clean and has a relatively small footprint.

Seth

On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 11:52, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> I have some slick email routines that work with Access, but until today they
> have assumed Outlook and its object model. Suddenly I have to assume
> Pegasus, about which I know nothing. I'll search the list for references in
> a moment, but right now I don't know a thing about it. Is it easy? Tough?
> What are the advantages of Pegasus as opposed to Outlook? Should I consider
> switching my own email client?
> 
> TIA,
> Arthur
> 

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Seth Galitzer			sgsax at ksu.edu
Computing Specialist		http://puma.agron.ksu.edu/~sgsax
Dept. of Plant Pathology
Kansas State University



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