[Mailman-Users] mailman as bulk mailer.. variables in body?

[Chuq Von Rospach]

On Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at 01:57 PM, Erik wrote:

>
> I'm going to try and use Mailman as a bulk mailer, to send out only 
> about
> 250k Emails..
>
> The difficult part is, I need to use dynamic information in each
> recipients message.. The E-mail address that the message is sent to, 
> needs
> to be referenced in the body, like:
>

Mailman's not a good tool for this -- it's not set up for this kind of 
use.

For this, especially a one-time deal, you're better off writing a 
dedicated mail script of some sort. Mailman can't handle this kind of 
customization.


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