Mailto link configured to use PWB

rheckber · Post by **rheckber** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 11:23 am

HI,
We are trying to configure mailto links on webpages to start another instance of PWB with the home page set to our university's webmail client.

We tried changing the File Type in explorer to "Open" and the app to PWB. This is the reg setting that resulted
"C:\Program Files\PWB\PWB.exe" webmail.tufts.edu /INI="\\Tisch2\PubApps$\PWB Files\TischPubPWB.ini" %1

We then set Allow only http in pwb.ini to false. This and the above caused multiple instances of pwb to keep opening.
I have looked at Scott's Sendto replacement but we made the decision to stop allowing anonymous email so that is out. Is there a way to make a webpage mailto link open PWB to a specific webmail page?

Thanks,
Rick

Post by **Scott** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 7:29 pm

The "%1" is causing the problem, because the command line turns out to be as follows.

PWB URL INI EMAIL

Because PWB only knows what to do with the URL and INI, the Email address sent in the command line confuses it. If it is possible to incorparate the email address into the URL then the command line would be similar to the following.

...PWB.exe" webmail.tufts.edu?%1 /INI="\\Tisch2\PubApps$\PWB Files\TischPubPWB.ini"

--Scott