[AccessD] Access + Pegasus

I don't have a choice, nor do the users in question, who to a woman prefer
Outlook but cannot have it.

I would be most appreciative for any off-list sends that you might send. No
need to clutter this list with esoteric stuff.

Does Pegasus have an equivalent to the "Sent Items" folder? It's important
that I keep an audit trail of what was sent, to whom, and when.

A.

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Seth Galitzer
Sent: May 13, 2003 2:48 PM
To: accessd
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access + Pegasus


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
> 

-- 
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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