hyperlink with Network file share path not opening from browser

Question

User-205566416 posted

I have  a hyperlink in mail body whose href is network file path ex: \\serverName\\path\\file.pdf

I am sending as 

var url = "file:/// \\serverName\\path\\file.pdf"

mail.Body = string.Format("<a href='{0}'>View Image</a>", url);
mail.IsBodyHtml = true;

It works fine from outlook on my desktop but when I open mail from browser it does not work. How to resolve this

Answer 1

User475983607 posted

It is not possible as your browser will not allow access to resources like a file shares.

Answer 2

User-205566416 posted

But it works if I manually open the link from other tab

Answer 3

User283571144 posted

Hi OnlineUser,

According to your description, I couldn't understand your issue clearly.

As your codes, you have add a hyperlink in the mail body.

Do you mean you couldn't open the image from hyperlink in the browser?

If this is your issue, I suggest you could firstly check the hyperlink url.

Best Regards,

Brando

Answer 4

User475983607 posted

But it works if I manually open the link from other tab

Correct, it is certainly fine to open a file in the browser directly.

As you have experienced, the browser will not open a file share when the ink is not from originating URL.  Basically the web browser will not allow a web server to select local resources as it creates a security vulnerability.