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Open Microsoft Outlook from a Web application to display .msg files

I have emails stored on an http server in Microsoft Outlook format (.msg files). My web app shows links to these files. Simply clicking a link downloads the file to my local machine.

Is there a way to open Microsoft Outlook when I click such a link and display the email in Outlook? Even better if I could avoid the download completely and have Outlook work directly with the link. I have already associated .msg files with Outlook in the control panel.

Solution

  • You can automate Outlook from a JavaScript. Note, it will be working only in Internet Explorer. See Compose and Send E-mail from JavaScript by using Outlook Automation 2007 for more information.

    In a common scenario the best you can do is to save the .msg file on the disk and associate the extension with Outlook.