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List:       ezmlm
Subject:    Re: Sending personalized messages with ezmlm
From:       Gerhard Kotze <drjeep () alternative ! co ! za>
Date:       2004-05-20 18:26:37
Message-ID: 40ACF85D.7030200 () alternative ! co ! za
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Thanks, but I'm thinking more in the line of personalizing the message body itself, like

'Dear John,
Rest of the message...'

substituting a variable with the subscriber's name (or any other field for that matter)

Gerhard

Dan Lewis wrote:
> On Thursday 20 May 2004 05:13 am, Gerhard Kotze wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I keep seeing messages on the Mailman list telling Mailman users to
>>use ezmlm if they want to send personalized messages, but can't find
>>any information on how to do this
>>
>>Would it be possible to construct the messages using something like
>>PHP, and deliver them to ezmlm for processing, taking advantage of
>>all the ezmlm features like bounce handling etc? Does anyone have any
>>pointers on where to start?
>>
>>Thanks
>>Gerhard
> 
> 
>    I'm not sure what you want message you want to personalize. However, 
> you should have a directory with the same name as your mailing list. It 
> contains a sub-directory "Text". In that sub-directoy, there are 
> several files which contain messages to be sent for various purposes. 
> Modifying a file will personalize that message.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 

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