Sending documents as e-mail attachments

Question

We have document library where we store various types of documents (word, ppt, infopath templates etc..)

The requirement is to send them as e-mail attachments directly from SharePoint Document Library by usage of right click.

Please provide some guidance on steps required to achieve this.

Answer 1

You already have OOTB functionality Send to > E-Mail

IMO sending files from Document Library by e-mail beats the whole idea of SharePoint. Instead of sending mail you should send links and grant some access (permission level) on document to mail recipients.

However it is possible to build additional context item with custom action. You need to have some coding skills and basic knowledge of SharePoint development. Here is example on how to do it in 2007 version:

• Send a SharePoint document library file as email

This example can be easily converted to 2010 platform.

Answer 2

I use the Outlook Connector from CodePlex to browse my SharePoint libraries in Outlook and attach documents, etc. http://spoutlookconnector.codeplex.com/