FileMaker email limitations: work-arounds suggested

Regarding the fact that FileMaker Pro 5.0's "send mail" script only works with Claris Emailer and Eudora (see previous item): A couple of readers sent us work-arounds.

Jeff Herscovitz provided details on how to get FileMaker Pro to work with Outlook Express.

Another reader claims that a simple Scriptmaker script can get FileMaker to use any email program specified in the Internet control panel. The script is:

Open URL [No dialog, "mailto:"""]