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Testingcase - 25 Feb 2005 16:27 GMT

Hi,

Im trying to use Word 2003 mailmerge to send HTML email, which fails. No
messages sent and nothing in "Sent items" in Outlook 2003. I do not receive
any errors.
When I select "Plain text " or "Attachment" it does work properly.

Any takers??

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Graham Mayor - 25 Feb 2005 17:20 GMT

Currently it is not possible to mail merge html e-mails (and given that you
have no control over how e-mails are viewed it is no major handicap - use
the plain text or attachment instead).

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Testingcase - 25 Feb 2005 19:13 GMT

Graham,

Thanks, but now I'm totally confused!!
When I start a Word mailmerge and send the output/document to email I DO get
the option of emailing the document as HTML instead of plain text, are you
telling me that the HTML option is just not working and Microsoft left it in
to confuse us??

What do you mean with "(and given that you have no control over how e-mails
are viewed)", any email client can handle HTML isn't it?? HTML is the most
used format for newsletters.

Regards, Kees.

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Doug Robbins - 25 Feb 2005 23:52 GMT

What Graham meant was that you cannot control the way in which the user has
their mail program configured to display email. Many people configure it to
display email messages as Plain Text because of the possibility of an email
viewed in HTML format causing a problem with virii etc.

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Graham Mayor - 26 Feb 2005 07:41 GMT

Additionally, recent developments in Microsoft's Windows security measures
have made it impossible to merge to html. The confusion may be removed with
the next release of Word. In any case, for the reason I mentioned and which
Doug has reiterated, this is no bad thing. HTML e-mails are a curse.

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Testingcase - 28 Feb 2005 11:03 GMT

Thanks, guys for your swift answers. This means for me that I can send a
mailmerge email, with Word, but only as an attachment as I want some
formatting of the message.

Thanks again,
Kees

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TC Dr Dave - 09 Jul 2006 15:47 GMT

Now I am totally confused. I have been merging Emails for some time now out
of Word and they have gone with no problem until just recently. (this month)
Has something changed in a service update or something?

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