Email Instructions

A HTML file can be sent directly to a list of email addresses. Each email message will be personally addressed just as if you typed in their name, and only their name, in the To: field.

If you specify a message, it will be inserted into the beginning of the file before sending it.

You can embed HTML codes into the message such as <b> ...</b> to bold text or <i> ...</i> for italics. Consequently, if you want to type a < character that is not to be interpreted as the beginning of an HTML code, type the four character code &lt; instead, and use &gt; to represent the > character.

List fields are substituted into the email wherever the codes %column_name% are found. The code %email% is substituted with the current email address. The list fields can be substituted into the HTML file, or into the "Message" or "Subject" fields below.

You can use $column_name or ${column_name} instead of %column_name% as an alternate way of specifying a list field to be merged.

The Preview button display's the message and the file in a browser window. However, it does not do any mail-merge before displaying the email, so the %...% codes remain in the display.

The Test button takes the first record of the list, mail-merges it, and then sends it back to you and an email administrator. It is highly recommended that you test each mailing to see how it actually looks in your email program.

The Send button sends your email to every name in the list. Be careful. Test until you're sure everything is correct. Don't screw up!