My C# application needs to email problem reports from the user’s machine to a support tech. There is no common SMTP server available, so I don’t think I can use System.Net.Mail; instead the message must be sent using the user’s own email program and account. I could use office automation to launch outlook and compose a message. But what if the user is not using outlook? Is there any more general mechanism that is supported by multiple email clients? Or is there a library that knows how to detect and invoke various clients?
EDIT: as this for submitting problem reports, I need to include attachments or (at worst) a long message body…
The Process.Start method hands off to the operating system the responsibility of executing a particular instruction. Windows will recognize the mailto scheme and lauch the appropriate mail client. This is configured using Default Programs.