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Joshua See <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:08:18 -0600
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On Mar 1, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Mark Lively wrote:
> On Mar 1, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Bill Steele wrote:
>
>> I want a script that will create a new e-mail message.  The catch:  
>> various people are using Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Entourage,  
>> webmail, Gmail.
>>
>> Is there a way to find out what a user's default e-mail client is?  
>> (I know it's in Mail's preferences, but there must be a better way)?
>>
>> Or, is there a way to simply invoke the default client, the way  
>> Filemaker does?
>
>
> is this sufficient?
>
> open location "mailto:[log in to unmask] 
> 20Man&[log in to unmask]&X-Honk=if%20you%20love% 
> 20hidden%20Headers"
>
> -Mark
> Hasn't hid things in headers in a while.
I second the call to use mailto, but I would note that attachments in  
a mailto link are almost always ignored as a security risk.
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Sincerely,
Joshua See
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