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Making OWA your Default Email and responsive to 'mailto's

So far I've added this to the registry and it allows OWA to be a selection in 'default mail programs' and mailto calls on the iexplorer with the correct address for our OWA

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OWA]
@="Outlook Web Access"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OWA\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" http://server/exchange/alias/"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\shell\open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" %http://192.168.1.10/exchange"

But I want to make clicking on a mailto not only go to the OWA in a new window but to actually call for a new message
I tried adding
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" %http://192.168.1.10/exchange/%username%/Drafts/?Cmd=new%"
but that didn't seem to work.
Does anyone know how to make OWA actually open a new email when clicked on.

athelu

This is what the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\shell\open\command
should look like:

"%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://yourexchangeserver.com/exchange/?cmd=new&mailtoaddr=%1

also, messageware has a very nice suite of products that handles this functionality as well.
http://www.messageware.com/products/activesend2003.html

jskewes

ASKER

Ok, so I created a registry file called OWA.REG and put this in it:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OWA]
@="Outlook Web Access"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\OWA\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" http://192.168.1.10/exchange"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" http://192.168.1.10/exchange/?cmd=new&mailtoaddr=%1"

Once I save it I should be able to merge this, yes?

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athelu

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Thomas Qvidahl

Hi all! This solution with the vbs-script is good, but unfortunately doesn't work with Outlook Web Access 2007. I'd love to get some pointers towards updating it for the newer version, but I'm not that good at vbscripting.. Can anyone help me out?

snw

awhisenant

For some reason on my system when you click on the email hyperlink the to field says mailto:emailaddress.com highlighted in red. (running exchange 2003 SP2) I've tried this running IE 6 and 7 any ideas?

Thanks

tenebrion

I have the same problem "with mailto:" in exchange 2003. I will probably end up getting a programmer to look at it

iain_stephen

Has anyone been able to get this to work with Exchange 2007 OWA? Please let me know.

athelu

For 2007 messageware makes a product called "Activesend" that works really well. This is what we have moved to as our solution in house.

issinoho

This may work for you also, http://www.owatray.com

Damion_Norcombe

@Athelu, that's AWESOME! Thanks so much for your help!
Beats paying christ knows how much for ActiveSend!

Try using this URL for the Mailto in O2k7:
https://www.server.domain/owa/?ae=Item&a=New&t=IPM.Note&mailtoaddr=%1

You can also set a shortcut for the user's mailbox using this URL:
https://www.server.domain/owa/email.address@server.domain/

issinoho

I assume you mean, @issinoho ?

I wrote & maintain owatray so post to the forum if you need help.