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Reviews for Mail Merge
230 reviews for this add-on
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
This is really lovely. Sleek and fast. And with the kind assistance of the developer, I was able to correct a problem: If you are not a programmer, you might think that a space follows a comma. Not so. Kill any spaces around commas and all will sail smoothly. My merges are about as simple as possible. But there were hundreds of e-mails and there'll be more soon. Whew! Thanks.
Well worth making a contribution so that Alexander is adequately rewarded and keeps up the good work.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I register just to say thanks for this very useful plugin. I have not tried all the capabilities that this plugin offers, but for what I need it does the job nicely.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.4.1).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent!
it would be great if in CSV mode:
allow you to specify a folder (not the file)
inside read all CSV files every minute
did dispatch from CSV file
delete the csv
reading csv file again, again, again
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Would have given it 5-stars because it is extremely helpful, but it has one small "bug". In the variables, no conditional formatting (e.g. a different color, making text/numbers bold) is supported. This will lead the matching of the CSV and the email {{fields}} to break. Would be a useful addition to the code if possible :-)
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.4.1).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Life saver!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.4.0).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I typed an email and sent it using the Mail Merge extension. I saved it in plain text to the Outbox. The template saved fine, but the Outbox contained the email without any space characters. I sent the email, and I noticed that the space characters were also missing from the sent message. Does anyone know how to keep the space characters?
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.4.0).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
You have to be aware of CSV file type and case sensitivity while using this software. If I had a daughter, I would marry her to this software. A++
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.3.0).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great addon, makes TB much more usable.
I have found a small issue: the equal to clause doesn't work (at least for me), whereas the contains clause does work.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This made so simple what I was trying to do with a complex awk-and-shell script! Just organize the data into a CSV, insert headers, and create your email. The only thing I wish I could figure out is how to embed line breaks in CSV or have TB or MM convert something else to line breaks. But I just split the values into separate fields and added them one by one and it did the job. Now I can quickly gen some data and then fire off emails to appointments. Thanks for this great well done add-on.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.2.0).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
AMAZING PLUGIN! AMAZING SUPPORT!
It's free, but certainly worth donating if you use it.
I've seen $100 mail merge software programs that don't work this well.
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Two things to keep in mind to insert images:
#1. You need to use "Insert > HTML" in the top menu, NOT the insert image from the formatting bar.
#2. You need to REMOVE the "http://" from the front of your URL, in your CSV file.
Example:
1. "Insert > HTML"
<img src="{{myimageurl}}" alt="" border="0">
2. In your CSV file, you need a column "myimageurl".
3. The contents of that column look link this:
www.mydomain.com/imgs/image001.jpg
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Addon. It was easy and worked perfectly. Thank you!!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.2.0).Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Installed on Lion - hoping it will be final thing that convinces me to drop MS Entourage.
One problem: inserting fields to personalise an email for example {{FirstName}} only works if the addressee is in the TB Personal Address Book.
I am using the ability of Thunderbird to access the Mac OS X Address Book where all my contacts are stored.
Although I can use MailMerge to send emails to people in my Mac OS X Address Book, Mail Merge will not fill in the contents of variables for names in the Apple address book.
Have I made a mistake or is this a restriction?
Is there a bypass?
Thanks
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
@luisroca I installed the latest version, currently Mail Merge 3.2.0, and it seems to work fine on Thunderbird 12.
#win Thunderbird MailMerge is much more versatile than Outlook's.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excelente
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.2.0).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Saved my day! Great add-on!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.2.0).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works just fine and provides all capabilities I need!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.2.0).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I've used a few mailers in my time, but this one really delivers! It's ingeniously designed to make it simple for anyone to use. My thanks to you...
Group2
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This add-on works one hundred percent for me - it's safe, solid and convenient. Have not had any problems with special characters (using utf-8 on linux).
Im my opinion this plugin should not change - don't add more features, it's just about perfect as-is!
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Ништяк, ништяк, сбасибо, Бро, выручил!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.2.0).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very good add-on but I had a couple of issues I needed to work out:
1. The .csv file can't have certain characters in it (apostrophes and slashes caused error messages);
2. The .csv file failed when created from an Excel (2003) spreadsheet (file/save as). I opened the .xls file in Open Office and saved it as a .csv file and it worked fine.
What amazes me is that the add-on even allows individualised/personalised attachments to be included.
I work for a charity and this has turned a 4-5 hour job into a 30 minute one.
Thank you!
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