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Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: hostmaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] list server featureset
> (I know this can be done with sendmail and some scripting, but what I'm
> driving at is letting them continue to use the imail management utils/etc,
> and not introducing more stuff.)
>
>
> At 04:59 PM 7/11/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Ummm...there are plenty of ways of doing this - you don't need a
> >mail server to do this. It's a mail server not a word processor.
> >
> >Try writing something in perl on either nt or unix or
> >really in any other language that has odbc support.
> >
> >Or write a few line shell script on a unix box...;)
> >
> >EEjack
> >
> >
> >At 03:32 PM 7/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Has anyone seen the facilities within IMail to have "variables", that
are
> > >queries again an odbc source maybe. Here's an example of what I mean.
Say
> > >someone is sending out a mailing to all their customers:
> > >
> > >Dear #FirstName#,
> > > We have released a new version of MailServerDeluxe, according to
our
> > >records you are still running #ProudctVersion#.
> > >
> > >(now for the part I know IMail doesn't do, but I would like if it did
:)
> > >
> > ># IF $Date - PurchaseDate < 60 then "Since you have owned this product
less
> > >than 60 days, this is a free upgrade!" else "You can purchase the
update
> > >for $99 on our web site"#
> > >
> > >The second half may be a bit overboard, but I would at least like to be
> > >able to include variables without having to write a mail handler.
> > >
> > >Best Regards.
> > >
> > >Jonathan
> > >
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> > >
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>
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