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Re: default e-mail client
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Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:39:20 -0500
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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]&[log in to unmask]&X-Honk=if%20you%20love%20hidden%20Headers"

-Mark
Hasn't hid things in headers in a while.

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