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I am currently (today) writing one with mail merge and customized messages.
I will post it to the list when it is done. GPL!!!!!! Post back any improvements.<br>
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<pre wrap="">On 03-01 09:31, Jim Ockers wrote:<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">Here is what I do for mass mailings:<br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">everyone who has an account on a particular system. I plan to build a <br>big file of email and SMTP commands using PERL and getting the info from <br>the database from the app. Then I will just dump that file on the mail <br>server.<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">===============SHELL SCRIPT===============<br>#!/bin/sh<br><br>for email in `cat mailing-list.txt` ; do<br> echo "From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:whoever@us.pason.com">whoever@us.pason.com</a> (Sender's Name)" > asdf<br> echo "To: $email" >> asdf<br> cat mass-letter.txt >> asdf<br><br> cat asdf | sendmail -fwhoever@us.pason.com $email<br>done<br><br>rm asdf<br>===============SHELL SCRIPT===============<br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!----><br>Thanks for all the input. The above looks like it might be nearly what I<br>need....if not, I guess I could convert to Perl if we reach the limitation<br>you spoke of? <br><br>Also: I failed to mention in my original message that a<br>"nice to have" would be some kind of mail-merge capability.<br><br>Eventually, the ideal would be to have something that could be configured<br>and kicked off via a browser interface. <br><br>Alas, sendmail is NOT currently set up on the box in question. Sendmail<br>intimidates me. :)<br><br></pre>
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