c# and lotus notes attachment icon

Question

I am using c# and need to attach a lnk (shortcut/link) file and email to a lotus notes account. the problem is the icon defaults to a generic image and does not show the folder with the arrow as seen in windows explorer. a txt file icon does show as expected. can this be done thru c# or is the notes server the problem? thanks

Answer 1

I think you are asking how to control the appearance of the icon once it arrives in the recipient's mail.

I do remember (from when we were on Notes here at work) that the icon was specific to the sender as opposed to the recipient (i.e. if I send you a Word document and I have Word 97 installed and you have 2003 installed, you'll see the Word 97 doc icon). But this appeared to be a function of the fact that I, the sender, was using Notes as the sending client. However, I think you may not be able to do what you want to do as one would assume you are sending regular SMTP e-mail. Assuming you are sending e-mail through the Notes server's SMTP interface, I don't believe you'll be able to control how the link appears on the recipient's side.