How to use the Group Mailer in Automator...
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I noticed the group mailer can get the names of the recipients to use for the salutation. Is there any way of getting other info from their Address Book entry and automatically inserting it in a mail message (i.e. some kind of mail merge functionality)?
Was looking to put the name of their company somewhere in the text. Sounds like there may not be an easy way to do that.
On a side note, does anyone have suggestions for where to look for a good introduction to writing applescript?
I have some basic shell and perl scripting experience.
On a side note, does anyone have suggestions for where to look for a good introduction to writing applescript?
I have some basic shell and perl scripting experience.Hi,
one of the best places is the Apple Discussions AppleScript forum.
The Apple official AppleScript page is, here.
Lots of resources about AppleScript, here.
If you want to learn about GUI Scripting.
Another place, here.
If you prefer to watch and learn then you could always go here, Video Training !
...and the best books that I have in my collection are, AppleScript, The Missing Manual. and Applescript, A Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X.
regards
Ric
one of the best places is the Apple Discussions AppleScript forum.
The Apple official AppleScript page is, here.
Lots of resources about AppleScript, here.
If you want to learn about GUI Scripting.
Another place, here.
If you prefer to watch and learn then you could always go here, Video Training !
...and the best books that I have in my collection are, AppleScript, The Missing Manual. and Applescript, A Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X.
regards
Ric
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Can anyone advise how you would add an attachment to a group mail?
I can make a group mail but as soon as I add something like attachments it wont run.
I can make a group mail but as soon as I add something like attachments it wont run.
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Hello Ric,
I tried your Automator scrip, and I'm having a funny problem that I haven't found a solution to anywhere in my searches. The script does run when I press play, however each new email created copies less of the original message than the one preceeding it.
For example if the original message reads "this is being sent by my computer..."
the next one reads "ing sent by my computer..."
and the next "my computer..."
This continues until all thats left is the salutation. I am at a total loss, especially since it seems nobody else is having this problem Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Frank
I tried your Automator scrip, and I'm having a funny problem that I haven't found a solution to anywhere in my searches. The script does run when I press play, however each new email created copies less of the original message than the one preceeding it.
For example if the original message reads "this is being sent by my computer..."
the next one reads "ing sent by my computer..."
and the next "my computer..."
This continues until all thats left is the salutation. I am at a total loss, especially since it seems nobody else is having this problem Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Frank
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I'm having the same problem and then some... Is it me or does Automator have a lot of bugs?