Re: (OT) Using 'mailto' with attachments (Windows)

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:31:33 +0100, "Donal K. Fellows"
<donal.k.fellows@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Helmut Giese wrote:
The context is an app which in case of error I wanted to send some
internal state information (think error message and stacktrace) plus a
screenshot of itself - and make this process as easy as possible for
the user.

Maybe instead use HTTP to upload the dumped files? After all, it's a lot
more efficient than SMTP. If you do, make sure you give the user a
chance to say "no, I don't want you to call home" first, though the
dialog should say why it would be good to allow the app to phone home
and should let the user inspect what data will be sent. MS's crash
handler does something like that IIRC.
Hey, that's a cute idea.
How would I do this? The only thing I know about http is that my
browser uses it to fetch all the various pages I look at over the day.

<sigh>Why do I keep forgetting to post the context even if the topic
can be explained in a very detailed way? Had I done so, your
suggestion would probably have come up yesterday and could have saved
me today's attempts to guide a (presumably clueless) user to send an
email with attachments.</sigh>

Thanks for a cool idea, which is probably loads more efficient in this
particular context.
Best regards
Helmut Giese
.

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