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Is MAPI good way to email? 1

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Varco

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Oct 22, 2000
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Is MAPI the "preferred" way to allow users to send emails to me from within my apps? I have it working well on my development system, still need to test on another system. Jim Varco
Varco Consulting
jvarco@varcconsulting.com
 
Yes. MAPI is simple and easy to code, and the necessary support files are probably already on your users' machines. It's widely used so there is a lot of free information about it on the net.

It does have its quirks, though. Expect to learn more about email than you think you should need to know, especially if you'll be supporting a lot of users who aren't right next door. That's because users never run out of ways to screw up their email, and they will assume that's your problem...

 
Thanks for the response, I appreciate it. Just in case the necesary files aren't on a users system, do you know what files need to be distributed? Jim Varco
jvarco@varcconsulting.com
 
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