I have seen several refeences on here about sending e-mail directly using PHP (without first calling up a new e-mail page), but I have a slightly different twist on what I need to do. I have a database where comp[anies check into our site to review plans and specs on projects to bid. The dayabase captures the company name, what project they visited and when. Occasionally, an amendment will come out that we need to inform all of the companies about, without all of them being able to see who is bidding the project by looking at the mail list.
What I want to do, is to do a "Search by project name", then click the selector check box for all bidders that were found. I then wish to click a link (Or button) to call up a new e-mail in Outlook, which has all of the bidder's email addresses in the "Bcc" dategory. I can then enter a message for all of them to see, click send, and all who have visited the site to look at the project will get the message.
So, the question is, how do I use PHP to call up a new e-mail from Outlook and populate the "Bcc" field with the e-mail addresses of the selected bidders? I would also like for it to include my signature block if possible. I have noted that if Outlook is called up by other programs such as Acrobat or Word, the e-mail comes up without the signature block.
Thanks for any ideas.
Arthur
