David, if you are reading this, is your script still available?

With much thanks,

Jonathan

Many thanks for this script. My gmail account was hacked and a spam email sent to everyone in the address book. After isolating the email addresses affected then thanks to your script I can send an apologetic email to all concerned.

Many of the emails went to business contacts, so to be able to send a follow up email and explain what has happened will help restore some of the confidence lost by such an attach.

It is very generous of you to make your script available, thank you again.

regards

Russell Greaves

Could you send me a copy of the script using the website http://www.yousendit.com?

Thanks.

Best regards,

This script asks the user to:

1. Select whether mail messages should be left in open windows (where they can be examined and manually sent or deleted), or saved in the Drafts mailbox (where they can be examined and manually sent or deleted), or automatically sent immediately

2. Select a one-line file that will be used as the subject of the messages (this line may contain dummy parameters which can be replaced by merged data)

3. Select a file with the body of the messages (this file may contain dummy parameters which can be replaced by merged data)

4. Select a merged-data file. One E-Mail message will be generated for each line of this file. Each line must start with an E-Mail address – no name or angle brackets, just “User@Host.Domain”. The E-Mail address is optionally followed by up to eleven tab-delimited fields. The first of those eleven fields is intended to be the first name of the recipient of the E-Mail. The second of those eleven fields is intended to be the last name of the recipient of the E-Mail. The remaining nine of the eleven fields are available for any information that you want to merge into the message.

5. Select a Mail account from which the messages will be sent

6. Select a signature (or no signature) with which the message will be signed.

The Subject and the Body of the message may each contain any number of the following dummy parameters which will be replaced by the contents of the corresponding field in the line of the merged data file being used to generate this message.

a. [~EMail~] will be replaced by the E-Mail address from the first column of the merged data file

b. [~FirstName~] will be replaced by the first name from the second column of the merged data file

c. [~LastName~] will be replaced by the last name from the third column of the merged data file

d. [~FullName~] will be replaced by the full name made from the 2nd & 3rd columns of the merged data file

e. [~FullAddr~] will be replaced by the full E-Mail address made from the 1st, 2nd & 3rd columns of the merged data file

f. [~Field-1~] will be replaced by field1 from the fourth column of the merged data file

g. [~Field-2~] will be replaced by field2 from the fifth column of the merged data file

h. [~Field-3~] will be replaced by field3 from the sixth column of the merged data file

i. [~Field-4~] will be replaced by field4 from the seventh column of the merged data file

j. [~Field-5~] will be replaced by field5 from the eighth column of the merged data file

k. [~Field-6~] will be replaced by field6 from the ninth column of the merged data file

l. [~Field-7~] will be replaced by field7 from the tenth column of the merged data file

m. [~Field-8~] will be replaced by field8 from the eleventh column of the merged data file

n. [~Field-9~] will be replaced by field9 from the twelfth column of the merged data file

Note that at http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html there is a package called “Mail Scripts” containing a script named “Send all Drafts” which is described as immediately sending all messages in the “Drafts” folders for all accounts. That script might be helpful if you use the option to save E-Mails as drafts, rather than to send them immediately.