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Question

Maybe a stupid question:
Is it possible to send a mp3-file with mail so that when the recipient opens the mail the music starts to play. If possible how can you do it?
thx

Answer 1

It is more work than it's worth. You need to send an html formatted email, which is easier to do with other mail apps (like SeaMonkey). But it can be done, you still need to write the code elsewhere and paste it into Mail. Although Mail is supposedly HTML friendly, in reality it does not like you messing with HTML code directly.
However...... if you use:
EMBED SRC=your_file.mp3 AUTOSTART=true HIDDEN=true LOOP=1
in your email, it should work. (you can't just paste it in your email, you need to put the line in your html coded letter)
_Or you could just..._
It would be far easier (and more polite) to just put the mp3 file into your email with an embedded player, and put in large letters above it "click here to play" or something similar to get the reader to click on the play button.
To put the sound file in your email with an embedded player, from the finder select the mp3 file. Under the Finder's 'Finder' menu, scroll down to services, scroll down to mail and across to select 'send file'. This will open a new email with the mp3 file set up with a player bar. You can finish the email and send, or copy and paste the player into an existing email.
People often don't want music playing when reading email...... i.e. at work
Cheers,
Jeremy Williams