by
genevh » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:12 pm
Here is the link again to the MapiMailer application:
http://www.lightroomforums.net/showthread.php?t=2019And just so we have them, here are the instructions for installing MapiMailer:
In Lightroom:
1. Click on the File|Export... menu item.
2. Choose the 'For E-Mail' preset under the 'Lightroom Presets' item on
the left side of the dialog.
3. Press the Add button on the bottom left of the dialog.
4. Type 'MapiMailer' as the new preset name, and leave the folder name
as 'User Presets'.
5. (optional but recommended) Change the Export Location Destination
Folder to a root level folder with a short name like C:\Temp and
uncheck the Put in Subfolder option. >>> See NOTES below for the reason.
6. Choose the new 'Mapi Mailer' item in the Post-processing After export
list.
7. Right click on the 'MapiMailer' preset you created in the 'User Presets'
in the left part of the dialog and select 'Update with Current Settings'
8. Click the Cancel button if you are not trying to email anything right
now, or the Export button if you have already selected some files to
email and wish to do so.
From this point forward, when you select a batch of photos in Lightroom and
then choose File|Export... from the menu and select the preset 'MapiMailer',
Lightroom will create copies of your photos in the export location, and then
invoke your default email program with the selected files attached to a new
email. MapiMailer waits for you to send save or cancel the email, and then
it deletes the temporary exported files since they are no longer needed.
Gene - I still need a little help with No. 5. I don't know where he means to 'change the export location destination folder to a root lever folder' I did it without doing #5 and it took me to my photos in my pictures. Would you mind explaining #5 for me?
To answer the question here, your root level folder is your C drive. To create the TMP folder he is talking about, in the export dialog window that pops up when you hit the Export button in LR, in the right hand pane at the top is the section called Export Location where you can tell LR where to export the photos to. Set the "Export to" drop down to "Specific folder", then click the "Choose" button right below the drop-down window. This opens another window that lists all your folders. Pull the slider up to the top of that window, then click the + by My Computer to open that up if it isn't already. You will then see a listing of all the drives in and connected to your PC. You can then select any drive (the instructions say the C drive, but any drive will work that stays attached to your PC) and then hit the "Make New Folder" button at the bottom of the window, and it will create a new folder for you. Name it something, but the idea here is to use a short name, and then select that folder you just made and hit OK. This takes you back to the original export dialog window, and you should now see your new folder in the "Folder" line, and its path. For instance, I did it and now that line for me reads: Folder: C:\TMP Mail