Open .msg from the web

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Jonas Christensen

I would like to be able to open .MSG files placed in a website from
Outlook.

The message files are placed on my website, and I want to create a link
each file on a web page viewable from Outlook. Then, when a link to a
file is clicked, I want the message to be displayed using an Outlook
Explorer.

My problem is that the server reponds with "HTTP Error 404 - File or
directory not found." even though the file exists in the right
location.

I have tried to force a download using ColdFusion:

<cfcontent type="application/x-unknown">
<cfheader name="Content-Disposition"
value="attachment;filename=MyFile.msg">
<cfheader name="Content-Description" value="This is a message file.">

With this, I can download the file to my harddrive, but when I try to
open it, i get an error saying: "Can't open file: <filename> The file
may not exist, you may not have permission to open it, or it may be
open in another program..."

So... How do it get the file to open directly in outlook? I am using a
custom Outlook add-in written in VB.NET, so maybe I could invoke it
from the website displayed in Outlook and use it to download and
display the file?
 
I just found out that if I take a .msg file from Outlook and copy its
content into a new file (like MyNewFile.msg), the new file doesn't
work... So I guess this is my main problem, as I cannot copy files
directly over the web - I can only copy the content and the filename.

Any ideas how to solve this problem?
 
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