How can I pop up the default mail client to send an email with a document attached.

How can I pop up the default mail client to send an email with a document attached (how Windows Explorer - send to Mail Recipient).
I have VC++5 Enterprise version.

See the "MAPI Support in MFC" topic in the DevStudio help.

First, since you are using MFC, look at the MAPI class created by Rob Manderson on CodeGuru http://www.codeguru.com/internet/imapi.shtml. If your program cannot assume that MAPI is avalable, read on...

I don't think that there is a "default" e-mail client you could load, or a standard COM (or other) interface common to all e-mail client programs. My advice is to use SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol). An advantage of SMTP is that your client need not even have an e-mail account, or a e-mail client installed.

At a high level, an SMTP would work like this. When your program needs to send an e-mail, you would create a socket, connect to the server, then perform reads and writes that make up the actual message. For the low-down on SMTP check out http://www.alcpress.com/rfc/mail/std10.htm. Of course CodeGuru also offers some help with SMTP, check-out http://www.codeguru.com/internet/index.shtml.

You may contact me directly for some sample Visual C++ 5.0 code to send an e-mail via SMTP.

William A. Walseth

Actually, there is a default simple mapi client. Its not automatically set. You have to set it within the mail tool that you'd like to be your default.

Sir ,
Kindly send some sample source code of e-mail using SMTP

Anil .S
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