IMO, that kind of one way list, to which people would have to subscribe, defeats my purpose. I don’t want recipiants knowing they received a broadcast e-mail, but thanks for the thought. I’ll let you all know how I get on.
K Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2025, at 5:04 PM, 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The typical solution is to create an announcement-only mailing list to which > people can subscribe, but not post messages - generally done with mailing > list software. > > Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> I believe something could be done with shortcuts, and I know I could create >> an AppleScript to do this type of thing. >> You would want to create a separate group in Contacts and then scan that >> group in a for or foreach loop. >> The part I don't know if Shortcuts can do is to add in personal information >> in the content of the mail like: >> Dear %FirstName% getting changed to Dear Jonathan, >> >> AppleScript could certainly do that, but I don't know shortcuts well >> enough to know if it has the ability to substitute strings. >> >> There are also commercial sites like constant contact and Mail Chimp that >> provide these services and also make sure that you are following laws on >> not sending spam and can also tell you if the message wa read or bounced. >> >> Warmly, >> Jonathan >> >> >>> On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM Kevin Gibbs <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Guys, >>> >>> Remember when we used to use Mail Merge to send individualized postal >>> mail? Is it possible to do that with e-mail that is not sent from an >>> e-mail list you moderate? I want to send the same e-mail to four or five >>> people without just putting e-mail addresses in the Bcc field and saying, >>> “Dear All.” I want each person to receive their own e-mail as if I’d sent >>> it individually so they can respond individually not knowing that others >>> received the identical e-mail save for the dear So & So. >>> >>> I’ve done some reading and it looks as though I can use a combination of >>> Pages and Contacts. 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