Re: mail merge

Hello Roelof, Wednesday, October 7, 2015, 1:23:55 AM, you wrote: RO> Hallo TBUDL, RO> Op dinsdag 6 oktober 2015, 22:55:52, schreef Jenny Zonneveld: >> I haven't needed to do this for a very long time but I need to send >> a mailing based on an Excel sheet, the mail needs to contain some of >>

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Hallo Jenny, On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 08:40:41 +0200GMT (7-10-2015, 8:40, where I live), you wrote: JZ> Thank you - I'll start experimenting! Note: This moderator's interjection is a note to all readers and not just to the person being replied to, even if their post may have instigated this reply.

mail merge

Hi everyone, I haven't needed to do this for a very long time but I need to send a mailing based on an Excel sheet, the mail needs to contain some of the info contained in the spreadsheet (besides the name and e-mail address) Could some kind soul point me in the right direction for such

Re: mail merge

Hallo TBUDL, Op dinsdag 6 oktober 2015, 22:55:52, schreef Jenny Zonneveld: > I haven't needed to do this for a very long time but I need to send > a mailing based on an Excel sheet, the mail needs to contain some of > the info contained in the spreadsheet (besides the name and e-mail address)

Mail Merge?

I have a number of text files of the following form: HEADER LINE Students: Name e-mail address, Name e-mail address From: My Name my e-mail address MORE TEXT Is there an easy way to have The Bat! read these files in, extract the e-mail addresses, place them in the To: field, fill-in a

Re: Mail Merge?

files. ;-) C Is there an easy way to have The Bat! read these files in, extract the C e-mail addresses, place them in the To: field, fill-in a subject, and C place the entire contents of the file in the body? Sure, can be done. No problem whatsoever. But your subject says mail merge and that's

Mail Merge take 2

Using The Bat! v1.62i on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 A few days ago, someone else asked about mail merge. I have a related question: I store numeric information about contacts in a database. I can export this to a CSV, but have no idea how to use that in a mail merge. For example

Re: Mail Merge take 2

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Geoff, @30-Mar-2003, 16:20 Geoff Lane [GL] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: GL I store numeric information about contacts in a database. I can export GL this to a CSV, but have no idea how to use that in a mail merge. For GL example, one field

Re: Mail Merge take 2

On 30 March 2003, 17:25, Marck D Pearlstone wrote: Now compose a QT macro for the Mass Mail you want to do and use the %ABtoFax macro to refer to the data in question. Query it with a construct like this: %If:'%ABtoFax'='1':' first time ':' not the first time ' Does that help? ~~~ Thanks,

Mail Merge?

Call me braindead, but for the life of me I cannot figure out or find any mention in the Help file of how to do a mail merge. Basically, I have a spreadsheet - or it could be a text file - with a person's email address, name, and another specific piece of info I need to send to that individual

Re: Mail Merge?

Hallo Jim, On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 08:04:49 -0500GMT (25-3-03, 14:04 +0100, where I live), you wrote: JRJ Call me braindead, but for the life of me I cannot figure out or JRJ find any mention in the Help file of how to do a mail merge. JRJ Basically, I have a spreadsheet - or it could be a text file

Re[3]: Mail Merge

Hello Miguel, Monday, April 08, 2002, 12:02:47 AM, you wrote: MAU When VA started its main market was as an OLR for Compuserve Forums MAU (including binary libraries) and CIX, although it could also handle MAU Internet mail and Usenet. That perhaps made it some what peculiar in MAU some

Re: Mail Merge

Miguel, I would also probably go back to VA if it was resurrected. But, so far, I don't believe in miracles. Well, a little bird just told me miracles do happen. Can't say more just yet. g -- Ian Petersen Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ

Re[2]: Mail Merge

Hello Ian, Well, a little bird just told me miracles do happen. Can't say more just yet. g I'll be listening :-) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.60c Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ:

Re[2]: Mail Merge

Sunday, April 7, 2002, 10:47:22 AM, you wrote: Miguel, I would also probably go back to VA if it was resurrected. But, so far, I don't believe in miracles. Well, a little bird just told me miracles do happen. Can't say more just yet. g I've just joined this list and seen your comments

Re[2]: Mail Merge

Hello Ian, Sunday, April 7, 2002, 4:47:22 AM, you wrote: IP Well, a little bird just told me miracles do happen. Can't say more IP just yet. g I heard this exact statement months ago. Am I listening to a broken record? I'll believe it when I see it, and will keep my one good eye open looking

Re: Mail Merge

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 @ 12:23:24 -0500 [ Sun, 7 Apr 2002], Greg Strong [GS] wrote these words of wisdom: ... GS After using TB! for only a few days I will say that I like it. GS Since I am only on the 30 day trial, I will probably purchase it GS without any regard to the

Re: Mail Merge

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In a message dated, Sun, 7 Apr 2002 13:34:36 -0500, Greg Strong [GS] wrote: ... GS If they would open their mind to achieving the same goal a GS different way, then the learning would probably be easier. Amen to that. :-) - --

Re[2]: Mail Merge

Hello Allie, Sunday, April 7, 2002, 1:00:29 PM, you wrote: ACM I've tried VA and I can sympathise with its former users. VA has quite ACM an unusual/different approach to design and how things are done. I ACM tried it especially for Newsgroups, but its methods were so different ACM that I

Re: Mail Merge

Greg, I heard this exact statement months ago. Am I listening to a broken record? Quite possibly. But I did say I JUST - as in this weekend - heard the little bird sing. I am not, however, privy to any details. All I can say is that it was a happy song. BTW that little bird wouldn't

Re[3]: Mail Merge

Hello Greg, After using TB! for only a few days I will say that I like it. Since I am only on the 30 day trial, I will probably purchase it without any regard to the VA situation. Smart decision. Assuming they resumed development immediately (and with Pete in the team), I don't think they

Re[2]: Mail Merge

Hello Allie, I've tried VA and I can sympathise with its former users. VA has quite an unusual/different approach to design and how things are done. When VA started its main market was as an OLR for Compuserve Forums (including binary libraries) and CIX, although it could also handle Internet

Re: Mail Merge

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ian, @06 April 2002, 08:55:21 +0200 (07:55 UK time) Ian Petersen wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, sooner or later we will see more VA users here. Unless VA, by some miracle, is resurrected from the netherworld. If that

Re[5]: Mail Merge

Hello Greg, Either here or some where else. Technology moves forward. Without development where does that leave VA? I think we both know the answer to this question. Yes, we do. It was a hard decision for me after so many years, but here I am. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El

Re[2]: Mail Merge

Hello Ian, Unless VA, by some miracle, is resurrected from the netherworld. If that ever happens I, for one, am probably outta here! I would also probably go back to VA if it was resurrected. But, so far, I don't believe in miracles. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain)

Re[2]: Mail Merge

Hello Jan, Just curious - on what basis would you think this w/o having tried it? I didn't say I haven't tried it, I said I haven't _used_ it. A slight difference, but perhaps significant. Just the same that, to me, there is a difference between mass mailing and mail merge. I have read

Re[2]: Mail Merge

a difference between mass mailing and full mail merge. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v1.60c Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives

Re: Mail Merge

superior intelligence available. I'm not saying it's as easy to use as VA's mail merge. It clearly is not. I'm just saying that it is just as capable and possibly more so. That's why I make a difference between mass mailing and full mail merge. ... and that's why I don't g. - -- Cheers -- .

Re[2]: Mail Merge

Hello Marck, ..snipped.. I'm not saying it's as easy to use as VA's mail merge. It clearly is not. I'm just saying that it is just as capable and possibly more so. You are right, it is not as easy and straight forward as with VA. And I think I never said it was not possible with TB, I also

Re: Mail Merge

Marck, TB has some amazing and unique talents which I have been unable to replace using other clients Undoubtedly. TB is certainly capable, in many ways, of a lot more than VA ever has been. My main gripe with TB is many of its talents are very difficult or long-winded to use and so poorly

Mail Merge

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello TBUL, Does the TB! provide mail merge capabilities? I did a find in help on mail merge without luck. The mail merge capability would create individual outgoing messages. The only difference would be who the message is going

Re: Mail Merge

Greg, Does the TB! provide mail merge capabilities? I did a find in help on mail merge without luck. The mail merge capability would create individual outgoing messages. The only difference would be who the message is going and change variables within the body of message. Yes

Re: Mail Merge

Hi Greg, Nice to see you here :-) Does the TB! provide mail merge capabilities? I see you already got a reply. I haven't used mass mailing yet, but I think it would be easier if I could use a CSV text file, like with Virtual Access, instead of an Address Book. -- Best regards, Miguel

Re[2]: Mail Merge

will say the mail merge in VA was difficult at first, but once grasped most definitely a great feature. I am sure the initial learning curve was due to the fact it was mistakenly omitted from the help file. -- Best regards, Gregmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re[2]: Mail Merge

Hello Miguel, Friday, April 5, 2002, 2:55:55 PM, you wrote: MAU Nice to see you here :-) Thanks! I have to get use to the inbox and outbox concept used in most e-mail programs today. After using VA for few years it put everything in one folder. When I created the filters for the mail lists

Re[3]: Mail Merge

Hi Greg, When I created the filters for the mail lists I belong, I created both incoming and outgoing rules for 1 mail list. Now I have duplicates of messages that I sent. Duh! vbg Well, you have found out by yourself that, for mail lists, you don't need an outgoing filter (or if you use

Re: Mail Merge

Good night Greg, It was foretold that on 5-4-2002 @ 14:16:13 GMT-0600 (which was 22:16 where I live) Greg Strong wrote and spread these wise comments on Mail Merge: snipped a bit GS Does the TB! provide mail merge capabilities? I did a find in help on mail GS merge without luck. The mail

Re: Mail Merge

Hello Miguel. At 3:55 PM on Friday, April 05, 2002 you wrote the following about [Mail Merge]: Does the TB! provide mail merge capabilities? Miguel I see you already got a reply. I haven't used mass Miguel mailing yet, but I think it would be easier if I Miguel could use a CSV text file

Re: Mail Merge

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Jan, @06 April 2002, 18:24:30 -0500 (00:24 UK time) Jan Rifkinson wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] It may well be true. It isn't. TB can only mass mail using the Address Book. You can import CSV address lists into an address

Re[2]: Mail Merge

Hello Luc, Friday, April 5, 2002, 5:19:14 PM, you wrote: L It's (you may or not may not believe it) actually an excerpt of the L helpfile (keyword Massmailing) Yeah I hear you. Who would have thunk. Mail Merge = Mass Mailing? I never heard it referred to with this term. :) -- Best

Re[4]: Mail Merge

Hello Miguel, Friday, April 5, 2002, 4:00:59 PM, you wrote: MAU Yes, sooner or later we will see more VA users here. Either here or some where else. Technology moves forward. Without development where does that leave VA? I think we both know the answer to this question. -- Best regards,

Re: Mail Merge

Good morning Greg, It was foretold that on 6-4-2002 @ 22:28:42 GMT-0600 (which was 6:28 where I live) Greg Strong wrote and spread these wise comments on Mail Merge: snipped a bit GS Yeah I hear you. Who would have thunk. Mail Merge = Mass Mailing? I GS never heard it referred

Re[2]: Mail Merge

Hello Jan, Friday, April 5, 2002, 5:24:30 PM, you wrote: JR Just curious - on what basis would you think this w/o JR having tried it? I don't mean to defend VA or TB!, but maybe you don't want to put the recipients into your address book for starters. Now I may have you thinking this is

Re: Mail Merge

Miguel, Yes, sooner or later we will see more VA users here. Unless VA, by some miracle, is resurrected from the netherworld. If that ever happens I, for one, am probably outta here! -- Ian Petersen Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ: