[Users] claws mail, irfanview, default windows mail client

[David Relson]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:19:57 -0400
Leon Fisk wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:18:57 -0400
> David Relson <relson at osagesoftware.com> wrote:
> 
> >G'day,
> >
> >I've been using claws-mail on Linux for many years.  Consequently I
> >put it on my wife's Windows 7 machine a couple of years back.
> >
> >She now has some large pictures she wants to email.  My son likes
> >irfanview because it allows changing an images resolution (to shrink
> >the size) before mailing it.  We've selected claws' "set as default
> >mailer" optio, but irfanview insists on using Outlook.
> >
> >Anybody know how to correct this problem?
> 
> I've used Irfanview for some years now. Does a nice job and the
> interface isn't all that complicated. When I moved on from Windows to
> Linux I kept on using it via Wine. Linux doesn't have anything quite
> like it (I've looked at/for just about everything remotely similar)...
> 
> I've always saved my altered images to some other place. Either a
> different directory (like /FilesToEmail) or a different name. Then I
> compose an email, attach the newly created file/image (you should be
> able to just drag it over to the Compose window->Attachments tab) and
> send it.
> 
> Irfanview has a nice "Save for Web... (Plugin)" under the "File" drop
> down menu good for tweaking image sizes. Works good for email stuff
> too.
> 
> In all the years I've been using email I have never felt the urge to
> try emailing something from inside an app like Irfanview. To me that
> is just begging for something to be sent in an odd, maybe incorrect
> manner (shrug).

My son put together a batch file that runs Irfanview for a set of
images (via drag'n'drop) and creates a directory of resized images
which are then mailable.  It solves the need :->