sending links to a files on a windows 2003 server?

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Boe

Hello,

How do I send a link to a file. For example if the file was at
\\our-server\shared\proposals\acme.pdf - how do I send a link so that you
can click on the file - when I did it in outlook 2003 to another users in
outlook, they could just click on the link and the file opens. When I send
the link to someone in entourage - they can put their cursor over the link
and they get a hand with a finger pointer but they can't click on the file.
Is there another key they need to hold to allow clicking on it or a security
setting I need to change on their system or is this just a limitation for
mac clients?

Thanks
 
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William Smith

Boe said:
Hello,

How do I send a link to a file. For example if the file was at
\\our-server\shared\proposals\acme.pdf - how do I send a link so that you
can click on the file - when I did it in outlook 2003 to another users in
outlook, they could just click on the link and the file opens. When I send
the link to someone in entourage - they can put their cursor over the link
and they get a hand with a finger pointer but they can't click on the file.
Is there another key they need to hold to allow clicking on it or a security
setting I need to change on their system or is this just a limitation for
mac clients?
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Hi Boe!

You're describing UNC paths, which Macs don't use. To Entourage, this
"looks" like a link of some kind and so you see the hand cursor, but
since the Mac has no idea what you're pointing to, it can't make the
connection for you.

A Mac compatible link would look something like this:
smb://our-server/shared/proposals/acme.pdf.

Unfortunately, Entourage doesn't recognize SMB links. It does, however,
recognize AFP links. Therefore, if the "shared" folder is shared as both
a Windows "share" and a Mac "volume" then this may work for you:
afp://our-server/shared/proposals/acme.pdf.

Likewise, Entourage would also recognize HTTP links from a WebDAV
server. So, again, if the "shared" folder is accessible as a sub-folder
of an internal website then this would probably work on both Mac and
Windows computers:
http://our-server/shared/proposals/acme.pdf

I haven't tested this myself but hopefully this will get you moving in
the right direction.

Hope this helps! bill
 
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