[AccessD] ShellExecute to send short e-mail vianon-MS emailclients...

Jim Dettman jimdettman at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 4 04:55:06 CST 2005


<<No,  MAPI is the core Messaging API which  provides a common interface for
all mail
clients.  Using MAPI, you will send to whatever client is configured as the
default.>>

  No, there is also VIM (Vendor Independent Messaging), which is an
alternative to MAPI.

  I'm not sure if anyone is still using that protocol or not.

Jim.

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Subject: Re: [AccessD] ShellExecute to send short e-mail vianon-MS
emailclients...


On 4 Nov 2005 at 3:47, Shamil Salakhetdinov wrote:

> > MAPI is much richer, there are lots of things you can do with your own
> > direct MAPI calls
> Stuart,
>
> Yes, I know about MAPI, and about simple MAPI (I did write programs using
it
> starting MS Access 2.0 in 1995) and I read RFC2368 etc.
> But using MAPI I can only send e-mail via Outlook Express and Outlook -
> right?

No,  MAPI is the core Messaging API which  provides a common interface for
all mail
clients.  Using MAPI, you will send to whatever client is configured as the
default.


> Still open question: - I'm just curious and I can't find answer by
myself -
> how mailto protocol's URL is interpreted by MS Windows system for non-MS
> e-mail clients? I mean:

It is interpreted by MSHTML.DLL which passes it on to the default MAPI
compliant
email client whether it is MS or not.

> - does MS Windows(xxxxx.dll) starts non-MS e-mail clients and passes them
a
> special command line.

No

>If yes - what format this command line should have? if
> not - what other way MS Windows system uses to activate non-ms e-mail
> clients?
>

It's all done through MAPI


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