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I read several posts but haven't received a definitive answer. It
looks like there is currently no add-on or other way to create an
email using fields from the contacts (i.e. First Name, Last Name,
etc.). But has anyone found a software that does this? I don't want
to send out mass emails I just want to be able to send an email
populating information from the contacts section.
Thanks!
On 7/27/2007 12:15 PM, [email]reneechandler@comcast.net[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
> I read several posts but haven't received a definitive answer. It
> looks like there is currently no add-on or other way to create an
> email using fields from the contacts (i.e. First Name, Last Name,
> etc.). But has anyone found a software that does this? I don't want
> to send out mass emails I just want to be able to send an email
> populating information from the contacts section.
>
> Thanks!
>[/color]
Do you mean that you want to copy the contact information into the body of the
email?
Open Address book, from "Tools" menu select "Export" Enter a filename, in "Save
as type" choose comma separated or tab delimited. Either format can be opened
with MS Excel or most any spreadsheet program. Tab delimited is a .txt file
and could be sent as an attachment or copy and paste from within Notepad.
Give some more details of what you hope to do if this isn't helpful.
--
G. R. Woodring
G. R. Woodring wrote:[color=blue]
> On 7/27/2007 12:15 PM, [email]reneechandler@comcast.net[/email] wrote:[color=green]
>> I read several posts but haven't received a definitive answer. It
>> looks like there is currently no add-on or other way to create an
>> email using fields from the contacts (i.e. First Name, Last Name,
>> etc.). But has anyone found a software that does this? I don't want
>> to send out mass emails I just want to be able to send an email
>> populating information from the contacts section.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>[/color]
>
> Do you mean that you want to copy the contact information into the body
> of the email?
>
> Open Address book, from "Tools" menu select "Export" Enter a filename,
> in "Save as type" choose comma separated or tab delimited. Either
> format can be opened with MS Excel or most any spreadsheet program.
> Tab delimited is a .txt file and could be sent as an attachment or copy
> and paste from within Notepad.
>
> Give some more details of what you hope to do if this isn't helpful.
>
>[/color]
Actually I would like to know regarding mail merge also. I teach a
college class & am using TB for group emails to my students with the
group email list going out as BCC for their privacy. It would be
helpful if the message could be personalized a bit using mail merge in
Open Office 2.x. Basically the same thing offered by M$ with Word &
Outlook. I have both but prefer not to use them for many of the obvious
security reasons.
James
On Jul 28, 8:44 pm, "G. R. Woodring" <tejbbqe...@rneguyvax.arg> wrote:[color=blue]
> On 7/27/2007 12:15 PM, reneechand...@comcast.net wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I read several posts but haven't received a definitive answer. It
> > looks like there is currently no add-on or other way to create an
> > email using fields from the contacts (i.e. First Name, Last Name,
> > etc.). But has anyone found a software that does this? I don't want
> > to send out mass emails I just want to be able to send an email
> > populating information from the contacts section.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > Thanks![/color]
>
> Do you mean that you want to copy the contact information into the body of the
> email?
>
> Open Address book, from "Tools" menu select "Export" Enter a filename, in "Save
> as type" choose comma separated or tab delimited. Either format can be opened
> with MS Excel or most any spreadsheet program. Tab delimited is a .txt file
> and could be sent as an attachment or copy and paste from within Notepad.
>
> Give some more details of what you hope to do if this isn't helpful.
>
> --
> G. R. Woodring[/color]
Hi G.R.,
Actually I want to be able to insert fields that are in the contact
file (First Name, Last Name, Address Lines, etc) directly into an
email. So if I created a new email I could then insert these contact
fields directly into the email. I could select which contacts I want
to email to.
I'm sorry if I'm not explaining this well! Basically I want to be
able to merge the contact information directly into an email using TB
as the email client. I don't want have to export the fields and
include them as attachments. I want to be able to create an email
that is formatted something like this (fields with <> are imported
directly from the contact info:
Hello <First Name>,
Here is the information I have on file for you:
<email>
<first name> <last name>
<address>
<city>, <state> <zip code>
Thanks!
Renee Chandler
[email]reneechandler@comcast.net[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi G.R.,
>
> Actually I want to be able to insert fields that are in the contact
> file (First Name, Last Name, Address Lines, etc) directly into an
> email. So if I created a new email I could then insert these contact
> fields directly into the email. I could select which contacts I want
> to email to.
>
> I'm sorry if I'm not explaining this well! Basically I want to be able
> to merge the contact information directly into an email using TB as
> the email client. I don't want have to export the fields and include
> them as attachments. I want to be able to create an email that is
> formatted something like this (fields with <> are imported directly
> from the contact info:
>
> Hello <First Name>,
>
> Here is the information I have on file for you:
> <email>
> <first name> <last name>
> <address>
> <city>, <state> <zip code>[/color]
To my knowledge TB just doesn't do this. It's not really for a mail
client to do. There are probably various applications written
specifically to do such things although they probably will be looking
for your address book information in Outlook not TB. When you think
about it, interrogating the users address book/contact information is
exactly what any good email worm would want to do in order to replicate
itself.
--
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
....Every morning is the dawn of a new error...
[email]reneechandler@comcast.net[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
> On Jul 28, 8:44 pm, "G. R. Woodring" <tejbbqe...@rneguyvax.arg> wrote:[color=green]
>> On 7/27/2007 12:15 PM, reneechand...@comcast.net wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> I read several posts but haven't received a definitive answer. It
>>> looks like there is currently no add-on or other way to create an
>>> email using fields from the contacts (i.e. First Name, Last Name,
>>> etc.). But has anyone found a software that does this? I don't want
>>> to send out mass emails I just want to be able to send an email
>>> populating information from the contacts section.
>>> Thanks![/color]
>> Do you mean that you want to copy the contact information into the body of the
>> email?
>>
>> Open Address book, from "Tools" menu select "Export" Enter a filename, in "Save
>> as type" choose comma separated or tab delimited. Either format can be opened
>> with MS Excel or most any spreadsheet program. Tab delimited is a .txt file
>> and could be sent as an attachment or copy and paste from within Notepad.
>>
>> Give some more details of what you hope to do if this isn't helpful.
>>
>> --
>> G. R. Woodring[/color]
>
> Hi G.R.,
>
> Actually I want to be able to insert fields that are in the contact
> file (First Name, Last Name, Address Lines, etc) directly into an
> email. So if I created a new email I could then insert these contact
> fields directly into the email. I could select which contacts I want
> to email to.
>
> I'm sorry if I'm not explaining this well! Basically I want to be
> able to merge the contact information directly into an email using TB
> as the email client. I don't want have to export the fields and
> include them as attachments. I want to be able to create an email
> that is formatted something like this (fields with <> are imported
> directly from the contact info:
>
> Hello <First Name>,
>
> Here is the information I have on file for you:
> <email>
> <first name> <last name>
> <address>
> <city>, <state> <zip code>[/color]
I don't believe TB will do this.
I don't have any experience with mail merge, however, I understand that
OpenOffice will do this, and that it can use your TB address book as well.
[url]http://www.openoffice.org/[/url]
(free)
--
Alex K.