Link to a file inside an HTML email

I have a file located on a shared network and I want to include a link to this file in my html email which I will send int开发者_如何转开发ernally using dotmailer or campaign monitor, etc. However, the link won't launch...do you have any ideas on how I can get around this? Thanks

My link looks like:

file://location/example.pdf

Thanks.

Try with 3 slashes: file:///location/example.pdf.

Do you use a-href?

<a href='file:///location/example.pdf'> description </a>? 

Maybe in combination with the servername. And, afaik, 3 slashes with 'file'.

If it is on the internal network, you'd need something like:

\\[server name]\pathtofile\file.pdf

You must include the server name. Try this:

//SERVERNAME/SHARE/example.pdf

If the server doesn't have a name, you can use the IP address. In outlook it will show as a valid link. You could also try:

file://SERVERNAME/SHARE/example.pdf

Where SHARE is the name of the folder on the server.