opening mail client

[Robenvon]

Hi there,

Is it possible in javascript to open a mail client like "outlook express" when i click on a button of image on a site?
So de visitor's mail client is opening and he/she can see if there is any new mail.

I don't mean samething like <A HREf=mailto: bla bla because i do't want send a message.

Greeting

[brendandonhue]

No, JavaScript can not run a program off their hard drive. That would be a security risk. I believe JScript can though.

[khalidali63]

JavaScript itself does not posses the functinality to communicate any resources that may reside on a system,you might be able to get his done using activeXcontrols or better yet,using Java applets....

[Nevermore]

I suppose you could check the inbox server side, but that might annoy people if they couldn't get their mail later.