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10-24-2008, 04:22 AM
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sending mass email
Is there a way, perhaps in Thunderbird, to send your email out to a large number of people in such a way that it looks like every one is being individually addressed?
(The only way I can think of is to write a php script. I'm hoping thunderbird has a solution.)
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10-24-2008, 04:29 AM
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Do you mean so that there is one recipient per email?
You could write a shell script if that is simpler.
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10-24-2008, 04:34 AM
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Does this thing work ->
you only insert email addresses into the Bcc field & totally skip putting any address in the To field
Last edited by Mr. ameya sathe; 10-24-2008 at 06:10 AM.
Reason: Changed the font colour
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10-24-2008, 04:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. ameya sathe
Does this thing work ->
you only insert email addresses into the Bcc field & totally skip putting any address in the To field
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Would you like to change the font colout so peaople can see what you wrote? I only worked out there was text there when I quoted your previous post. |
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10-24-2008, 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by billymayday
Do you mean so that there is one recipient per email?
You could write a shell script if that is simpler.
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Yes, that's what I mean. I have almost no experience with shell scripts. Could you point me in a direction? |
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10-24-2008, 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by secretlydead
Yes, that's what I mean. I have almost no experience with shell scripts. Could you point me in a direction?
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You could try reading this.
Or search for linux shell tutorial with google. |
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10-24-2008, 05:41 AM
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Mate, can't help you at the moment, but maybe post 14 here will give some decent hints.
Rgds
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...light=outfile1 |
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10-24-2008, 06:17 AM
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Location: Annapolis, MD
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Originally Posted by Mr. ameya sathe
Does this thing work ->
you only insert email addresses into the Bcc field & totally skip putting any address in the To field
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Then each recipient gets a message which says "recipient list suppressed". |
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10-24-2008, 08:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. ameya sathe
Does this thing work ->
you only insert email addresses into the Bcc field & totally skip putting any address in the To field
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I thought you put everyone in the "BCC" field and your own email address in the "To" field, then each recipient just gets their name listed. |
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11-28-2008, 08:14 PM
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bcc will be blocked by a lot of people's spambots.
i wrote a php program for it. https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmassmail/
Last edited by secretlydead; 04-15-2009 at 04:12 AM.
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