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Multiple E-mail
Jan 21st, 2004 at 11:47am
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Apart of the usual built-in email feature and the ability of CC and BCC, I would be interested to know:

a.) Are there limits per database field on multiple e-mail addresses to be stored to let a database entry be distributed by e-mail to a fixed number of recipients ?

b.) If, for example, a CSV or else formatted e-mail listing is at hand, could it be DRAGGED and DROPPED into the programming section in one go or what is quite time intensive additional manual formatting needed ?

Above has nothing to do with the creation of a spam mailer, it deals around a programming solution for industrial chemicals where commercially available global sourcing information for a specific product title can be downloaded in DBF format and calcualtion has to be run withi Sesame to generate landed cost prices for different countries, in one word, a straightforward marketing idea for industrial chemical users is behind the above questions.
  
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Re: Multiple E-mail
Reply #1 - Jan 21st, 2004 at 12:01pm
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Cry  Sorry for above typo errors ..., but hope, the issue is well understood.
  
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Re: Multiple E-mail
Reply #2 - Jan 21st, 2004 at 1:14pm
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If you already have a CSV file, and want to send one email to each address, then you might want to look into the File I/O functions. These would allow you to read in your file and do the emailing line by line. This approach would allow you to use different files, or update the CSV file without having to change your programming. These commands begin on page 173 of the Programming Guide.

As to putting all the addresses as one big BCC, we don't impose any real limits, but your ISP may. We do need the lists of addresses in the format shown in the Programming Guide on page 161.
  

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Re: Multiple E-mail
Reply #3 - Jan 21st, 2004 at 2:33pm
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Erika, thanks a lot for the comprehensive reply on that issue ...
  
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