html - using mailto to send email with an attachment

Question

How can i send an email with an attachment (either local file or a file in the intranet) using outlook 2010?

<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=my report&body=see attachment&attachment=c:myfoldermyfile.txt">

doesn't seem to work.

Answer 1

Nope, this is not possible at all. There is no provision for it in the mailto: protocol, and it would be a gaping security hole if it were possible.

The best idea to send a file, but have the client send the E-Mail that I can think of is:

• Have the user choose a file
• Upload the file to a server
• Have the server return a random file name after upload
• Build a mailto: link that contains the URL to the uploaded file in the message body