Launching Outlook from a command-line

[Egon Andersen]

Hi,

I'm new to this list, but hope this is the right place to ask this question.

I want to be able to launch Outlook Express (and Micrusoft Outlook too)
from a command-line.
I want to automaticly insert: "To", "Subject", "Body" and not the least
"Attachment" in the e-mail.
A pseudo-command-line could look something like:

outlook -to="(e-mail address removed)" -subject="Test", -body="Hello there, I'm
just testing" -attachment="c:\tmp\file.txt"

After executing this command I would like the e-mail client to start up
with the given information filled in, so that I can send the e-mail by
just pressing "Send" (if I don't want to edit something in the e-mail
first).

I've looked several places including google and msdn for a solution,
without finding the answer about how to do this.
Do anyone here have the solution?

Best regards
Egon Andersen

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm new to this list, but hope this is the right place to ask this
question.

For Outlook, yes. for Outlook Express, no.

I want to be able to launch Outlook Express (and Micrusoft Outlook
too) from a command-line.
I want to automaticly insert: "To", "Subject", "Body" and not the
least "Attachment" in the e-mail.
A pseudo-command-line could look something like:

outlook -to="(e-mail address removed)" -subject="Test", -body="Hello there, I'm
just testing" -attachment="c:\tmp\file.txt"

The closest you can come with plain vanilla Outlook is described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=287573

 

[Egon Andersen]

For Outlook, yes. for Outlook Express, no.

What would be the right NG for general Outlook Express then?

The closest you can come with plain vanilla Outlook is described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=287573

Am I interpreting the contents of the above reference correct, if I
derive that it is actually not possible to attach a file in Outlook
using a command-line?

Best regards
Egon Andersen

 

[Brian Tillman]

What would be the right NG for general Outlook Express then?

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress is one