[python-win32] send to mail recipient

[Tim Roberts]

Her Him wrote:
> I've scoured the Internet for a way to mimic the functionality of the
> windows 'Send to Mail Recipient' shortcut, but the best I've come up
> with are a few C++ examples like this one:
> http://www.codeproject.com/KB/shell/sendtomail.aspx?display=Mobile.
> Unfortunately C++ and I don't get along and I've had a terrible time
> trying to translate them into python using the pywin32 module.  I
> understand  that there are ways using smtp etc to send an email I've
> used them before on other projects but that's not what I'm trying to
> accomplish here.  What I want is a way to pop the default email client
> (In my case Lotus Notes) with a new message and a file attached
> waiting for the user to type the body of the email add a recipient and
> send (Just like the 'Send to Mail Recipient' shortcut.)  My
> understanding is that basically you have to emulate the drop target of
> the 'Send to Mail Recipient' shortcut call its drop function and
> provide it an IDataObject pr something similar and it just works.  But
> for the life of me I can't accomplish this.  If anyone out ther can
> help it would be very appreciated.

I've started to take a look at this, but it might be easier just to make
a C++ application to do this, and call it from your Python code.

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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.