Personalised email (for newsletter)

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Is there a way I can send a personalised email to a group of friends
(about 20) without me having to type different emails to each of them?

I want to send a (plain text) email to them but have it personal e.g.
Dear Tom/Sally/John etc. and perhaps a one-liner of personal info in the
middle e.g. Are the kids well?/Did you get the job?/How was the
marathon? etc.

I have Outlook 2002 and Outlook Express 6 so using them or a program (or
add-on) that will allow me to use Outlook contacts would be awesome!
Thanks
PS - It wouldn't be worth the hassle having to type in about 200 names
from my contacts into a new address book to send a fortnightly email.
And NO...it would not be for spam - just personal for friends.
 
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Is there a way I can send a personalised email to a group
of friends (about 20) without me having to type different
emails to each of them?

I want to send a (plain text) email to them but have it
personal e.g. Dear Tom/Sally/John etc. and perhaps a
one-liner of personal info in the middle e.g. Are the kids
well?/Did you get the job?/How was the marathon? etc.

I have Outlook 2002 and Outlook Express 6 so using them or
a program (or add-on) that will allow me to use Outlook
contacts would be awesome! Thanks
PS - It wouldn't be worth the hassle having to type in
about 200 names from my contacts into a new address book to
send a fortnightly email. And NO...it would not be for spam
- just personal for friends.
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Put their names in the "bcc: field. When you create a mailing
list of your friends you can specify this. Then each
recipient only sees their own name on the mail.

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You can use the mail merge from within Word for this. It works with your
Outlook contacts as well. In Word; Tools-> Letters and Mailings-> Mail
Merge...

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Roady said:
You can use the mail merge from within Word for this. It works with
your Outlook contacts as well. In Word; Tools-> Letters and
Mailings-> Mail Merge...
Click to expand...

I am using Word97 - so hope it can be done with this version. Do you
know if I can do it with this version or would I need a newer version?
I am trying to choose the Data Source but don't see where I can select
Outlook Contacts - help!
 
Roady said:
You can use the mail merge from within Word for this. It works with
your Outlook contacts as well. In Word; Tools-> Letters and
Mailings-> Mail Merge...
Click to expand...

I just tried this and got a message:
To use this feature, you must install the version of Microsoft Word that
matches the installed version of Microsoft Outlook.

Darn!!! I was really hoping for a way to do this!
 
There are quite a few 3rd party mass mailing programs out there that may
help you. Check the list here:

http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

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Is there a way I can send a personalised email to a group of friends
(about 20) without me having to type different emails to each of them?

I want to send a (plain text) email to them but have it personal e.g.
Dear Tom/Sally/John etc. and perhaps a one-liner of personal info in the
middle e.g. Are the kids well?/Did you get the job?/How was the
marathon? etc.

I have Outlook 2002 and Outlook Express 6 so using them or a program (or
add-on) that will allow me to use Outlook contacts would be awesome!
Thanks
PS - It wouldn't be worth the hassle having to type in about 200 names
from my contacts into a new address book to send a fortnightly email.
And NO...it would not be for spam - just personal for friends.
Click to expand...

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Is there a way I can send a personalised email to a group of
friends (about 20) without me having to type different emails to
each of them?

I want to send a (plain text) email to them but have it personal
e.g. Dear Tom/Sally/John etc. and perhaps a one-liner of personal
info in the middle e.g. Are the kids well?/Did you get the
job?/How was the marathon? etc.
Click to expand...

Fletmail. See <http://www.snapfiles.com/get/fletmail.html>. Also
does attachments. Works beautifully for my annual Xmas list with
personalized addresses, greetings, message-insertions, and attached
card. The download is only 236 kb.

The drawback is that once a year I have to review the list for
address changes, but I have to review the list for other things,
anyway.
 
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