SMB://path should open share

[Bill Robertson]

I have a user who wants to send the path to a file share to a bunch of
users. In Windows this can be done with the format

\\server-name\folder-name\document

and in Mac OS this can be done with

smb://server-name/folder-name/document.

So far so good.

A user on a Windows machine, using a mail client like Outlook (with
Exchange, BTW) for example, can click on the link and Windows will mount the
volume and open the document.

A Mac user, using Apple's Mail.app client, in either 10.4 or 10.5 (the only
OS versions I've tried this with) can click on the smb link and Mac OS will
mount the volume and open the document.

A Mac user using Entourage, however, appears to be SOL in this scenario. The
smb string doesn't even appear as a link in Entourage. Clicking on it does
nothing.

How can I fix this? Without requiring the Mac user to copy and paste the
path into the Connect to Server... dialog, that is.

 

[Bill Robertson]

I forgot to mention that this occurs with both 2004 and 2008.

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

A Mac user using Entourage, however, appears to be SOL in this scenario. The
smb string doesn't even appear as a link in Entourage. Clicking on it does
nothing.

How can I fix this? Without requiring the Mac user to copy and paste the
path into the Connect to Server... dialog, that is.

Unfortuantely, I don't believe you can correct this. Entourage simply
doesn't support smb:// links :-\


Corentin

 

[Adam Bailey]

Unfortuantely, I don't believe you can correct this. Entourage simply
doesn't support smb:// links :-\

It *does* however support file:/// links, which is how I always did
this. The only caveat is that I don't believe it will mount the server
if the server is not already mounted.

 

[Bill Robertson]

It *does* however support file:/// links, which is how I always did
this. The only caveat is that I don't believe it will mount the server
if the server is not already mounted.

Unfortunately, given the circumstances, it's unlikely that the intended
audience of the email will have the necessary volume mounted when they
receive this email.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[Diane Ross]

I have a user who wants to send the path to a file share to a bunch of
users. In Windows this can be done with the format

\\server-name\folder-name\document

See if this article helps:

"Easily open Windows UNC paths in Entourage using WinShortcutter"

<http://tinyurl.com/cw678m>

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

See if this article helps:

"Easily open Windows UNC paths in Entourage using WinShortcutter"

<http://tinyurl.com/cw678m>

That looks liek a terrific option!!! I'll probably use it myself,

Corentin

 

[Terry Veiga]

Hello: I've been using WinShortcutter for a couple of years and on the
relatively rare occasion that I need it, it's been utter bliss for a Mac
user in a PC environment. And the price is perfect.

-Terry