Sharepoint url links for emails open in outlook instead of the sharepoint

Question

I move file attachments to sharepoint and then grab the url link and add that to the record. When the attachment is a outlook message, it opens in the outlook instead of the sharepoint.

Is there a way around this?

Denin · Accepted Answer

At the end of the URL, you need this:?csf=1&web=1So:https://COMPANYNAMEo365.sharepoint.com/sites/SITENAME/Shared%20Documents/DOCUMENTNAME.MSG?csf=1&web=1You could make a new formula field and concatenate your existing URL field to include that part at the end, then you have separate view and download URL fields. Otherwise, will have to edit your Pipeline or whatever other process you have for getting the URL to include it.

Denin · Answer

This seems more like a SharePoint question than Quickbase, you might get better replies in Microsoft forum. That said, I think the issue is the limited file types that can be opened in SharePoint plus if you have a program in Windows set to open emails and outlook items, then by default it will open them in that program.

Maybe a workaround would be to convert the message to PDF or another format that can be opened in SharePoint. More info: Opening .msg files from sharepoint natively in Outlook | Microsoft Community Hub

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