Automate sending of html mail, how?

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Danny

Every day, I take out some code from a web page, putting it into a
certain html file and finally sending it out to people that subscribed.

The copying and pasting (plus some editing) in the html file is nothing
to make faster. It's a job that need to be done by a human.

But then: The group has a certain mail address, the mail need to first
change my outgoing default form from html to ascii, the script
"SCHWIF2004" (Send Complex Html With Inline Files 2004") need to be
triggered, find the html file and send away the lot. Can that be automated?

I have been poking around in the settings, rules, schedules, options for
groups, etc, but found no way to automate the job completely or
partially. Can someone confirm this or point me to some solution,
please? I know nothing about applescript, but I'm prepared to learn if
needed.

Cheers,
 
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Paul Berkowitz

Every day, I take out some code from a web page, putting it into a
certain html file and finally sending it out to people that subscribed.

The copying and pasting (plus some editing) in the html file is nothing
to make faster. It's a job that need to be done by a human.

But then: The group has a certain mail address, the mail need to first
change my outgoing default form from html to ascii, the script
"SCHWIF2004" (Send Complex Html With Inline Files 2004") need to be
triggered, find the html file and send away the lot. Can that be automated?

I have been poking around in the settings, rules, schedules, options for
groups, etc, but found no way to automate the job completely or
partially. Can someone confirm this or point me to some solution,
please? I know nothing about applescript, but I'm prepared to learn if
needed.
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It could probably be done by AppleScript. It's not anything you'd find
pre-existing since it would be a 100% customized script. Yip: you would not
have to change your default from HTML to plain text (actually I think you
may mean the other way around?). It could just be scripted as to correct
form. You might have to incorporate the other script within your own, or
maybe just run it or load it. Some of these things are fairly advanced
applescripting.

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MVP MacOffice
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Danny

Paul said:
It could probably be done by AppleScript. It's not anything you'd find
pre-existing since it would be a 100% customized script. Yip: you would not
have to change your default from HTML to plain text (actually I think you
may mean the other way around?).
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Now I'm like mush in my head (it's 11p.m. here and I'm about to fall off
my chair), but I have html as default. But when I ran yours or Robs
script, it popped out a message saying I had to change the form to plain
text. However, since I'm kinda dizzy right now, I won't take that to
court....

It could just be scripted as to correct
form. You might have to incorporate the other script within your own, or
maybe just run it or load it. Some of these things are fairly advanced
applescripting.
Click to expand...

Well, I assume I'll have to do it manually for the time being then. No
problems, really. I do have a colleague that knows a bit applescript,
and as it happens, he owes me a few favors.

Thanks for response.
 
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