On 8/8/14 12:35 AM, Cecil Bankston wrote:
Cecil Bankston wrote:
Trane Francks wrote:
On 8/6/14 11:22 PM, Cecil Bankston wrote:
Daniel wrote:
On 06/08/14 01:10, Cecil Bankston wrote:
Is there any simple way to make Windows 7 and 8 open saved emails,
.eml
filetype, with Seamonkey Mail. When I double-click a .eml file in
Windows Explorer, a blank Seamonkey browser window opens.
I realize I can open such a file from the Seamonkey Mail file menu.
Cecil, have you tried Tools->Import... and selecting "Mail"??
As I mentioned, there is no problem opening the .eml file from the
Seamonkey Mail file menu.
My wife wants to be able to double-click the file in a file browser,
such as Windows Explorer, and have it display in Seamonkey Mail.
Seamonkey mail needs to set in Windows 7 and 8 as the default program to
open .eml files. I'm just not sure how to do that, as Windows sees
Seamonkey as a single program rather than a browser and a mail client.
That results in Windows trying to open the .eml file in Seamonkey
browser, which shows only a blank window.
This isn't tested, but you should be able to create a batch file that
opens SeaMonkey with the '-mail' command switch and then set that batch
file as the default application for .EML files, e.g.,
REM Start SeaMonkey -mail
REM
start "C:\<path to SeaMonkey>\seamonkey.exe" -mail
exit
Thanks for the advice. This worked on my Windows 7 system:
REM Start SeaMonkey -mail
REM
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" -mail
I had to remove the "exit" command, as it appeared to cause the
Seamonkey mail window to close as soon as it opened. It seems the ""
after the start command also was needed to specify a null window title.
I will try the same batch file on my wife's Windows 8.1 system.
I replied before I tested the batch file method by double-clicking a
.eml file. I set the batch file as the default program to open .eml
files. When I double-clicked a .eml file, it opened a Seamonkey Mail
window but not the .eml message. Is there some other parameter or
command I would need to add to the batch file to make Seamonkey Mail
open the .eml file I double-clicked?
Add command-line parameter %1 to the executable at the end of the line:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" -mail %1
If that doesn't work, try %~f1 instead.
Again, this is untested. I don't use SeaMonkey on Windows, so I cannot
actually test for you.
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