# Sending email from a flash exe **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 8, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-email-from-a-flash-exe/17687 "2003-04-08T08:02:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Illuminae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@Illuminae](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Illuminae)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-email-from-a-flash-exe/17687/1 "2003-04-08T08:02:38Z")
hello. i have a question. (duh) i am trying to open the user’s default email program on the click of a button, and it’s not working! i jsut did the [mailto:blahblah@myemail.com](mailto:blahblah@myemail.com) is this not possible or soemthing? is there a better way to send email from an exe? thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-email-from-a-flash-exe/17687/2 "2003-04-08T08:41:45Z")
this is the same question i’ve posted before… they say it will never work if the exe is not online… but for online exe i guess there’s several post in this forum i guess… sorry can’t help u much further… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sending-email-from-a-flash-exe/17687/3 "2003-04-08T08:43:49Z")
oh poo, well did you find any sort of workaround? what to do if you need to send mail from an exe then? hehe.