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List:       mailman-developers
Subject:    Re: [Mailman-Developers] Mailmerge?
From:       Christopher Petrilli <petrilli () amber ! org>
Date:       1999-11-27 14:40:42
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Richard Leyton [richard@beenz.com] wrote:
> Dan Ohnesorg wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
> >
> > > First time I've heard of mailmerge.  What is it, and what does it do?
> >
> > Mailmerge is WordStar's command, it means serial mail, or personally
> > customized mails. Somethink like:
> >
> > Dear {first-name},
> >
> 
> Exactly correct. The data can be merged in from some external source, such as
> a database, or a nice user list appended with additional information in some
> way.

I suspect that this would be nearly impossible unless you were merging in
pieces of information that Mailman already had... otherwise you'd have a huge
data corrolation piece.  ONe day, Mailman will actually have a more real
database behind it that lets you keep arbitrary data about each person, rather
than just their email.

Chris
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