Gordon wrote:
Quote:
> "Doug" <doug@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23WJaCthyIHA.1768@xxxxxx Quote:
>>
>> "Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:g2iq31$rb1$1@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> "Doug" <doug@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:eyxXMlgyIHA.1436@xxxxxx
>>>> I should know better, but I make the same mistake again and again
>>>> when I am absorbed in my work. I right-click on the document I want
>>>> to Send to/Mail Mail Recipient, and find that what I had selected
>>>> was NOT the document, just a LINK to the document.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way of activating a user option to chose, at that
>>>> moment, between the link and the underlying document? Vista has
>>>> plenty of exasperating UAC serial popup messages (eg five clicks
>>>> just to do a Disk Cleanup), but a warning/option in this case would
>>>> be welcome. Perhaps this feature is available and I just need to
>>>> enable it?
>>>>
>>>> Doug
>>>
>>>
>>> No there isn't - How would Vista know that you wanted to send a
>>> document instead of a link?
>> Umm - because sending a local link to a remote recipient is very
>> likely to
>> be pointless, >
> And again, how would an Operating System, which is inherently lifeless
> and unintelligent, know this? The data you are asking it to send is,
> according to the OS, just a lot of zeros and ones.....
Didn't read earlier posts but how about a change of habit. Use the menu
item for "Insert" or "Attach" and then find the document. (Assuming the
mail client has them). Doesn't matter what client is in use, or Windows
/ Linux versions, the problem the OP describes is possible.