mail merge with windows mail & specific dates

[Sarah]

QUESTION!! Can you send mail merges through windows mail? Cant think of why
else my mail merge would send on other computers but not my personal one?
ALSO!!... how do i set different emails in mail merge to send on different
dates (for birthdays for example) (BTW my database is in excel)

 

[Graham Mayor]

I cannot confirm the first as I don't have Windows Vista or Windows Mail
available. Is Windows mail your default e-mail application?
For the second question, you could filter the data on the birthday field and
merge the file or you could probably set a skipif field at the start of your
merge document
{SKIPIF {Mergefield Birthdate \@ "yyyyMMdd"} <> {Date \@ "yyyyMMdd"}}

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[Peter Jamieson]

You should be able to merge via Windows Mail, but only if
a. you do not mean Windows Live Mail (which is Microsoft's web-based
email facility)
b. Windows Mail is your default email package (see Vista->Control Panel
Peter Jamieson
c. you use the plain text or attachment options. The HTML option only
works with the full Outlook that's part of Microsoft Office.

Peter Jamieson

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk