[Ham-Computers] AUDIO FILE

[Rick Adams]

	Gene wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how I can add a audio file (*.wav) to a=20
> e-mail so that when the person opens the mail, the audio file=20
> will play automatically? I recorded a small file in MS sound=20
> recorder and I want to send it by e-mail, but I want it to=20
> play as soon as the e-mail is opened. Any help would be=20
> appreciated! 73, Gene, W=D8QFC

	It depends on your email software. In some clients, you can just
drag-and-drop the file into the text window and it will playback. In
most, however, it is treated as an attachment instead.=20

	You _could_ code a short html routine to play it on receipt--but
it's not a very good idea. Many anti-virus programs will automatically
delete a self-executing program, including a self-playing media file,
which is actually a pretty good idea. Any email program that will let
you execute a wav file w/o specifically approving it (i.e., autorun
versus an attachment) leaves a security hole a mile wide for anyone to
exploit with a virus or Trojan and if someone with such an email program
IS infected, chances are pretty good that it's your innocuous email/wav
message that they'll remember receiving--and blame for the infection.

	The best (and most polite) way to send a media file is as an
attachment with a simple "play the attached wav file) message.

	73 de ke8hh, Rick