Send Compressed Folder To Mail Recipient

[Richard Green]

Can someone confirm if this is my setup or not....

Right click on a folder and choose "Send To - Mail Recipient" appears
to add each file within the folder as separate attachements. Fair
enough.

Try this with a compressed folder (aka ZIP file) and I get one of two
errors; if the compressed folder contains files then you get a blank
e-mail with no attachments.... If the compressed folder contains only
folders (ie. no files at the root level) then Windows Mail throws an
error "No files found to e-mail". I'd have thought it should just
attach the ZIP file?

Thanks,
Richard.

 

[Jim Pickering]

You cannot send a folder (compressed or not). You can send a zipped file
which may contain many files within it, but you cannot send a folder. If
you attempt to send a folder, all that will be attached is a link to that
folder which can only be found on your computer, and as such, it is
worthless to any mail recipient.

 

[Richard Green]

Sorry, I didn't make myself clear.... I wasn't trying to send a compressed
folder at all; I was trying to send a ZIP file, but as Windows insists on
showing these as "compressed folders" it amounts to the same thing.

I'm pointing out that you cannot send a ZIP file by right clicking on it and
choosing "Send To - Mail Recipient"; you have to start an e-mail and then
browse for the ZIP file to add as an attachment.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Make sure that your SendTo folder has a zero byte folder named
Mail Recipient.MAPIMail