P: Email photos using smart preview not possible

[alienSigns]

I am using Lightroom 5.2 (tested with MAC OSX 10.8.5; 10.9 and WIN 7/64)
All images are stored on an external drive an all smart previews are built.
If the external drive is unmounted and I try to email photos I get the error:
Can't send email because some selected photos are missing.
Exporting the photos to my local hard drive is working so the photos are not really missing.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Chronic issue, please fix!!

[areohbee]

+1 vote for a prompt fix.

That said, there is a script named

'Email Photos'

that may suffice in the mean time.

It supports emailing any photos via Lightroom's native email service, even if offline (with smart previews).

it's free and I wrote it. download here:

http://www.robcole.com/Rob/ProductsAn...

~R.

[J453]

Looking into it. Thanks.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I cannot send email using smart previews. I was able to do this previously. Not sure why I cannot do it now.

I am using Lightroom 5. Version 5.2.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Can not email smart preview from within Lightroom. The preview is large enough but the message is file can not be found. This really limits what I can do when I travel.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

It would be nice to be able to email an image from a computer that has smart previews even if the original files are offline.

[J453]

This should be fixed in Lightroom CC/Lightroom 6.