OK thanks for that. I don't know if it's an enhancement anyone has in mind, or whether anyone might consider it? It is the one feature I miss from Thunderbird, although I found Thunderbird just was not reliable enough in many other ways. -- Best wishes Keith Barber (He/him)
On Mon, 2021-11-01 at 08:36 +0100, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote: > On Sat, 2021-10-30 at 14:19 +0100, Keith Barber wrote: > > Is it possible to use Evolution to mailmerge to multiple recipients > > using information from a database? If so, would someone point me > > to > > somewhere I might read how to do it? > > Hi, > there is no such thing builtin. You can use scripts to fill the > Outbox [*], > but it's far from an automated way. > > The closest are probably Templates, but it's used with individual > messages, not with a database of the recipients. > Bye, > Milan > > [*] I would enable sending through Outbox in Edit->Preferences->Mail > Preferences, then create a stub email in Evolution and "send" it > with the appropriate account and content; then go to the On This > Computer/Outbox and save the message as .mbox somewhere and > delete > the message in the Outbox. Disable send through Ootbox (not > needed > anymore). Then have the script modify the saved message and save > it with a unique name into > ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/.Outbox/new/ > and when you go to the Outbox folder in the Evolution (and then > away > from it), then the messages from the 'new' directory will be > noticed > and shown in the Evolution. > > Why to save from the Outbox? The message will contain the > information > about what send account should be used. If not there, the default > account would be used. > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
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