Microsoft KB Archive/267278

= INFO: Mailto: Does Not Use MAPI to Send Mail =

Article ID: 267278

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Messaging Application Programming Interface

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This article was previously published under Q267278



SUMMARY
Mailto: hyperlinks, commonly found on Web pages, do not use MAPI directly to send mail.



MORE INFORMATION
Clicking a mailto: hyperlink simply invokes the default mail client. For example, if Microsoft Outlook Express is your default mail client, clicking on a mailto: hyperlink starts Outlook Express, and presents the user with a new mail form.

Depending on how your default mail client works, it may use MAPI, but the mailto: hyperlink itself has nothing to do with MAPI.

Keywords: kbinfo kbmsg KB267278

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