[opensuse] Kmail and Mailmerge
Have googled for this subject but did not find much recent information. Seems that we with opensuse working with Kmail still have to use openoffice. Has there been no change since 2004, one of the uppermost find on google and today? Still no mailer in Linux which can do an easy mailmerge? -- Linux User 183145 using a Pentium III , powered by openSUSE 11.2 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.31.12-0.1-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.4.1 (KDE 4.4.1) "release 225" 18:57pm up 1 day 22:26, 1 user, load average: 0.72, 0.26, 0.27 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Constant Brouerius van Nidek said the following on 03/05/2010 07:02 AM:
Have googled for this subject but did not find much recent information. Seems that we with opensuse working with Kmail still have to use openoffice. Has there been no change since 2004, one of the uppermost find on google and today? Still no mailer in Linux which can do an easy mailmerge?
Oh. I use the shell. Try this ------------------------------------------ #! /usr/bin/sh cat mailing_list.txt | while read DEST do metasend -b -e 7bit -t $DEST \ -s $SUBJECT "\ -F $FROM \ -m "text/plain" -f "$MESSAGE.txt" \ -n \ -S 10000000 \ -m "application/pdf;name=\"$MESSAGE.pdf\"" \ -f $MESSAGEpdf \ -D $MESSAGE.pdf sleep 5 # so as not to overload MTA done ---------------------------- Happy user for a number of year :-) -- Our institutions and values are in jeopardy as the mores of the market pervade all social life in this country. Loyalty, honesty, courage, discipline, patriotism, and commitment to family are being crowded out by the goals and rules of economic rationality -- do whatever makes the most money. --Barry Schwartz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 05 March 2010 19:12:11 Anton Aylward wrote:
Constant Brouerius van Nidek said the following on 03/05/2010 07:02 AM:
Have googled for this subject but did not find much recent information.
Oh. I use the shell.
Try this
------------------------------------------ #! /usr/bin/sh
cat mailing_list.txt | while read DEST do metasend -b -e 7bit -t $DEST \ -s $SUBJECT "\ -F $FROM \ -m "text/plain" -f "$MESSAGE.txt" \ -n \ -S 10000000 \ -m "application/pdf;name=\"$MESSAGE.pdf\"" \ -f $MESSAGEpdf \ -D $MESSAGE.pdf sleep 5 # so as not to overload MTA done ----------------------------
Happy user for a number of year :-)
Never heard of metasend but after reading the man page I think it is what I am looking for. Could you give me a sample of a neutralised mailing_list.txt. Assume that DEST, SUBJECT FROM and MESSAGE.txt or pdf are columns in a spreadsheet. Assume that even photos can be expedited if they have been translated in base64. Nice for a family email letter ;). The files should be in the same location or? Eager to play with it. -- Linux User 183145 using a Pentium III , powered by openSUSE 11.2 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.31.12-0.1-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.4.1 (KDE 4.4.1) "release 225" 20:36pm up 2 days 0:05, 2 users, load average: 0.34, 0.17, 0.17 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Constant Brouerius van Nidek said the following on 03/05/2010 08:51 AM:
Never heard of metasend but after reading the man page I think it is what I am looking for. Could you give me a sample of a neutralised mailing_list.txt. Assume that DEST, SUBJECT FROM and MESSAGE.txt or pdf are columns in a spreadsheet. Assume that even photos can be expedited if they have been translated in base64. Nice for a family email letter ;). The files should be in the same location or? Eager to play with it.
The answer to all your questions above is either on the metasend man page or is a triviality of shell programming. RTFM Try just 'metasend' from the command line with no arguments Go google: "metasend example" -- In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. - Eric Hoffer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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