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Is there a way to import addresses and custom message data for each recipient from an excel file?

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PortraitsPaul
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Hi,

We make appointment schedules in an excel file and advise each customer manually of their appointment (some customer bases have thousands of individuals). Is there a way I can import all the email addresses and custom appointment data to be able to send mass emails with individual appointment times on there? I am trying to do this in-house rather than outside to another email/scheduler. Also, I am the complete antithesis of a tech savvy individual. I don't even know if I asked the right question. Any guidance would be amazing!

-Katie Portraits

Hi, We make appointment schedules in an excel file and advise each customer manually of their appointment (some customer bases have thousands of individuals). Is there a way I can import all the email addresses and custom appointment data to be able to send mass emails with individual appointment times on there? I am trying to do this in-house rather than outside to another email/scheduler. Also, I am the complete antithesis of a tech savvy individual. I don't even know if I asked the right question. Any guidance would be amazing! -Katie Portraits

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Zenos
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It sounds like you need Mail Merge, which can use either the Thunderbird Address Book or an external CSV file to generate personalized messages.

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/mail-merge/

I don't have any call for this feature myself, so very little experience with it. I get the impression it's a little fragile. For instance, I hear that if there is a failure, it's not easy to resume without the risk of sending again to all those who it has already sent to.

I have heard recommendations for the mail shot feature of the free Libre Office suite, which has its own smtp client, so works independently of your email client.