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Can I do Mail Merge using Thunderbird as the e-mail client?
I want to be able to mail merge to e-mail from a excel spreadsheet. I use
Thunderbird normally as it does some things that outlook won't. I think I may need to load a special Java client, but when i tried this it didn't seem to work. |
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Can I do Mail Merge using Thunderbird as the e-mail client?
I'm not running Thunderbird here right now, but...
Word merge to e-mail expects to use the MS MAPI standard. Precisely which version of the standard is less clear. Also, if you are trying to send HTML-format emails, Word tries to use a specific MAPI interface that is as far as I know only available in the full Outlook (not even Outlook Express). As I understand it, Thunderbird 1.5 (don't know about earlier versions) implements a Simple MAPI interface, and that interface would typically be enabled if you have set Thunderbird to be your default mail application. If you were using IE, you would probably do that via IE Tools|Internet Options|Programs, otherwise I leave it up to you). if you have done all that stuff and perhaps done anything else that Thunderbird requires you to do to enable MAPI, and Word still cannot e-mail to Thunderbird, you can always check out http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0002.htm However, I have a sinking feeling that if you've done all that stuff and it still doesn't work, it may not be possible. Peter Jamieson Bobmob wrote: I want to be able to mail merge to e-mail from a excel spreadsheet. I use Thunderbird normally as it does some things that outlook won't. I think I may need to load a special Java client, but when i tried this it didn't seem to work. |
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Can I do Mail Merge using Thunderbird as the e-mail client?
There's a bit more about this at
http://kb.mozillazine.org/MAPI_Support Peter Jamieson Peter Jamieson wrote: I'm not running Thunderbird here right now, but... Word merge to e-mail expects to use the MS MAPI standard. Precisely which version of the standard is less clear. Also, if you are trying to send HTML-format emails, Word tries to use a specific MAPI interface that is as far as I know only available in the full Outlook (not even Outlook Express). As I understand it, Thunderbird 1.5 (don't know about earlier versions) implements a Simple MAPI interface, and that interface would typically be enabled if you have set Thunderbird to be your default mail application. If you were using IE, you would probably do that via IE Tools|Internet Options|Programs, otherwise I leave it up to you). if you have done all that stuff and perhaps done anything else that Thunderbird requires you to do to enable MAPI, and Word still cannot e-mail to Thunderbird, you can always check out http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0002.htm However, I have a sinking feeling that if you've done all that stuff and it still doesn't work, it may not be possible. Peter Jamieson Bobmob wrote: I want to be able to mail merge to e-mail from a excel spreadsheet. I use Thunderbird normally as it does some things that outlook won't. I think I may need to load a special Java client, but when i tried this it didn't seem to work. |
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