How can I send an email using Open URL and include a message. I know that I am supposed to use the syntax mailto:[email protected], but what else do I add to string so I can send the email and a message?

Thank you for your help!

use the following syntax

mailto:[email protected]?subject=Enter Subject here&body=Enter body text here

Thank you, I figured out the above syntax for it to work, but is there anyway to do this without having the email client open. I mean is there any way to do this with just the browser? Unfortunately as soon as you use the mailto: text in the string it immediatley opens my default email program.

Thank you for your help!!

No. A mailto URL always opens your default email client AFAIK. So does FileMaker's Send Mail script step. The only way I know to get around it is to use a plugin such as SMTPit.

fmplugin & Fitch ..look into this:

http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/cmdlinemail/cmdlinemail.htm

is there any such solution available for mac machine?

For Macs, there are a couple possibilities. There may be a command line method; but I don't know it. There is however a free AppleScript Scripting Addition. I've messed about with it and it seems to work.

http://osaxen.com/xmail.html

AppleScript Dictionary:

Send easily a mail from Applescript, supports cc, bcc,file attachments, authentication

send mail: send mail

send mail

to a list of string -- the recipients of the mail

from string -- the author of the mail

subject Unicode text -- the subject of the mail

body Unicode text -- the body of the mail

SMTP server string -- the smtp server to send the mail (smtp.foobar.com)

[username string] -- your login if the server require an authentication

[password string] -- your password if the server require an authentication

[authentication plain/login/crammd5/anonymous/auto] -- the type of authentication mechanism to use

[ssl boolean] -- wether you want to use SSL encryption

[ssl verification verify none/verify peer] -- what kind of SSL verification to do with your certificates

[pem certificate file specification] -- where is your PEM certificate, can be left blank if using 'verify none'

[pem certificate directory file specification] -- where is your directory containin PEM certificate, can be left blank if using 'verify none'

[timeout string] -- abort after how many seconds ? (default is 60 seconds)

[port string] -- the port on which runs the SMTP server (25 is the default)

[cc a list of string] -- the list of cc recipients of the mail {cc1,cc2,