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Sometimes when sending files through email, you want to be able to simply right-click on the file and select "Send to mail recipient" form the context menu. If you are an Outlook 2003 or 2007 user, you might have noticed that when you do this Outlook generates a plain text email with your files conveniently attached. While a plain text email is nice, and probably the way
all email should be, most of us have been spoiled with html email that allows fancy formatting and we want to keep this functionality when we right-click to send attachments. Not only do we want this formatting ability, but we also want our signatures to be automatically appended to the end of the mail.Below are a few steps to create a new "Send To Mail Recipient" context menu shortcut that address these issues:

1. Right-Click the START button and select Explore
   
2. Make sure to select the Sent To folder from the folder list on the left.
3. Right-Click anywhere in the white space to the right and select New, then Shortcut
4. In the Type the location of the item: box type in the following lines based on the version of Outlook you are using:Outlook 2003:
   "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c ipm.note

   Outlook 2007:
   "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12\OUTLOOK.EXE" /a

5. In the Type a name for this shortcut:
   box type in:Outlook Mail Recipient
   
6. Now when you right click on items to send as attachments you will have a new option. By selecting Outlook Mail Recipient you will get your new email in the default email format you have selected in Outlook and, if you have configured your signature for a new email, you will have it as well.