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Sending FileMaker HTML Emails
by dbservices- 0 replies
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Sending FileMaker HTML Emails When sending emails to customers, it can often help get their attention by adding a bit of design and creativity to what could otherwise be a boring block of text. With FileMaker you can now send HTML emails without the need for 3rd-party plugins, making upgrading FileMaker easier. Let’s take a look at how to send native HTML emails using FileMaker. How To Send The Insert From URL script step now supports the SMTP protocol and includes a handful of SMTP cURL options. Using your SMTP server as the URL and the “–mail-from” and “–mail-rcpt” cURL options, you can specify where the email is sent from, who is sending the email, and who is …
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Mail Merge with FileMaker
by dbservices- 0 replies
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Mail Merge with FileMaker If you currently hand type your business’s envelopes, letters, and other complex documents like proposals and legal forms, you would greatly benefit from using mail merge. Mail merging, the process of filling in a template document with records from a data source, saves countless hours of double data entry and reduces human error; instead of typing out each recipient’s information, Microsoft Word (or another similar word processor) automatically does all the work for you. In addition it is possible to create mail merges with records from your FileMaker system to save even more time. Basics of Mail Merge To create a mail merge, you need two…
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Alerts/Calendar
by Artie L- 4 replies
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Hi, I am new to the Forum, I have a couple of years experience with FMP, mostly basic. We have FMP 16. I would like the program to send me an email when a target date is about 30 days out. How would I set that up? Thank you in advance for all your help! Artie L
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We are using MailIt 5 with Filemaker 11, and have been for many years. We use Gmail for our emails. We recently converted our Mac network to a PC network and the only thing that didn't work in FM once we were up and running was MailIt. None of our SMTP settings changed, so we could not see any reason for the failure. I reached out to MailIt, but they don't seem to be answering Support Calls anymore. Once I discovered the Send Mail command in FM, I recoded everything to use that and we are up and running, and it uses the same SMTP settings! However we lost the use of rich text, which we really relied on. Attachments are also very primitive and require hard-coding; y…
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how to put more attachment to "send mail"
by pomilpetan- 3 replies
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Hello everyone, I am developing a database and would like to submit more than one attached to the email that is sent using the internal filemaker client. I can attach a file in a container field but I can not make sure that they can enter other. You would know someone tell me if you can do this? i use filemaker pro 15 on mac thank you Andrew
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Hi I have a filemaker 15 solution that is organising entrants to a talent competition (3000 + competitors) Filemaker takes in the entrants information and the event that are competing in (400 + categories) Filemaker then assigns time slots and dates to each entrant. We notify the entrant of their competition date and time slot to be on stage by email. I have a script complete that takes the information for each individual entrant and and generates an entry card (that they must bring with them on the day and time) and it creates a PDF of the entry card. The email script generates an email custom to each entrant with plain text in the email saying …
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I want to be able to automatically populate my email subject with several 'reference' fields from a found set of related records. The context is I have a few invoice tables related to a single customer - I want to be able to email the customer these, but as the subject, I would like the three or so invoice numbers as the email subject. I have tried a Loop and set variable but it isn't working so would appreciate any advice... FIND RECORDS Go To record/request/page [first] Loop Set Variable [$Reference ; INVOICE DETAILS::Reference] Go to record/request/page [next ; exit after last ] End Loop Send Mail.. It all works except in this case the subject f…
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Filemaker send email step with outlook
by mjhnson24- 1 follower
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Ok im at a loss on this one. I have two files. NTL Studio and OHMMAIN. Both have a portal with a drop down where i can create a work order. on a couple computers if i create a work order from NTL there are two send email script steps sending different emails to different people. the first send email step in that script works no problem sending through outlook email client. but goes to a file called Unit History where they fill out details. Once done they submit and it crashes filemaker. again that script has two send email steps at different points first of which is hard coded the email to and email cc boxes and it works. the other coming from unit history populates the s…
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Simplest email integration.
by Foipo- 0 replies
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I've done quite a bit of reading on this and I read the documentation for a couple of third-party plug-ins that seemed very well done but rather convoluted. I was wondering what my best option is to integrate email into FileMaker. Of course opinions will vary. At the moment the company I'm dealing with has someone host their email in their servers and their mostly using Outlook as an application. I was wondering whether mail.app had better integration and if OS X server can help me here, in the sense of it being the missing link. I'm already on the Mavericks server so that will not be any problem for me. Obviously when I say email integration and need to point out what t…
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Hi folks I am trying to send emails from the system and they are working fine however the subject filed is very crampeed when I select specific fields from the fileds list to be included, any ideas on how I can space these out so that tyhey are easy to read? Please find example of subject field currently RFT_13_00191Temp Data Found OOSOOS found prior to release of batch. (RFT_13_00191=Job# field)(Temp Data Found OOS=Issue field)(OOS found prior to release of batch=issue decription field) Regards Robert
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Send Email Campaign
by Tempooo- 1 reply
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Hi everyone, I am using Filemaker Pro 11 and I want to send mass email through email campaign. I want to change the first sentence to a larger font size (eg, font size 48) and different colour. However, when I sent the email, the first sentence didn't change (the font size still = 12) in the recipient's email box. How can I solve this problem? Thanks.
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Email Container Files or Keep Formatting in Body
by landdog49- 3 replies
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I want to email a PDF or jpeg file of a registration card in the body of an email. When it is put into a container file only the file name arrives in the email. I don’t want to use an attachment because some of the people complain that they can’t open the file. They are in their 70’s and 80’s and do good just to check their email once a week. How can I email the contents of a container file? Or how do I recreate it in a text field. When I email it in a text field none of the formatting arrives in the email. The top 3 lines are not centered or bold type. The line “Address: ___________________” is wrapped to the next line because it is too long. Also, how …
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Send email via SMTP Server
by bmcintosh- 1 reply
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This is my first post! so bear with me Send email via SMTP Server falls over at an invalid email address.:ambivalence: I accept that, although it would be nice if it could just bypass that invalid email and send the rest of the messages. Is there a way (script or otherwise) that I can (quickly) detect invalid email addresses in a file containing some 5500 email addresses so that this send mail script will not stop sending. cheers, Brian
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email field not being passed to thunderbird
by barry685- 0 replies
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Im using Fm12 and using the email single script step off of a button to send an email. System is win xp, email client is Thunderbird. Thunderbird opens up with subject and body text filled, however email address is To: is blank.
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How do I Embed a video in an email in Campaign Management
by jamesdalbright- 1 reply
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Does anybody know how to embed videos in the emails that I send out from the Campaign Management program?
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IWP setup Port 591
by ermicro2012- 6 replies
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Hello, I am trying to set up port 591 (FM12) for a client and am having trouble. I would prefer to use port 80 but that is currently being used by another server and can not be changed so port 591 is the only one I can use. Any ideas why FM is having issues with this? Any help would be great. Thanks.
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SMTP through IWP
by IT_User- 2 replies
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Hello, I am trying to figure out how to send an email through IWP with SMTP email. I am using Port 465 and SSL, and have tested this locally on my computer. It works with my FM 10 Adv, but when I try the same email script in IWP it doesn't work. Please let me know if anyone can help. I searched the other forum posts who had similar questions but no answers. Thank you in advance.
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Error on Send mail script
by Mato2- 3 replies
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Sending mail via local mail ends up always to error "Some of the files that are needed are either damaged or have not been installed. Please run the installer to correct this problem." Reinstalling seems not to fix problem that happens in several Macs (10.5.x, 10.6.x) and versions (both FMP11 Advaced and FMP11, updated to v04 give same error). However, sending via SMTP seems to work.
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How to create a PDF and then automatically email it?
by SandyAbbott- 3 replies
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There does not seem to be a way to create a PDF and then attache it to an email and automatically put an email address from a certain record in the TO: field of the email and then send it. The SEND MAIL can either send an email with a static attachment or it can create a PDF and attach it to an email..but then there is no way to tell it what email to send it to. Any ideas??? Sandy Abbott Melbourne Australia
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Email & Filemaker 11 trouble - need help
by ag2231- 0 replies
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Hi All, I am running into an issue sending email through Filemaker. I am working with Filemaker Pro v11.0.3 and can not seem to get an email script I tried to create (copied from starter solutions database) to work. When I created a script to email FM records to the person who will actually make the purchase, I thought it was pretty straight forward for email through SMTP, but it will only work with in our network here on our campus but not off-site. Also, when I can send an email no record appears in the body of the email. I have tried to setup the email function to work with sending a email through the user email local email application (this method is pref…
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Problem With Outlook PCEM Manipulator Plugin
by jibardhan- 0 replies
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I have implemented the PCEM outlook Manipulator Plugin in my project.When I open the database 1st time the email is going properly but the next itme one error come.I am using in windows.
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HTML Email Can Be Sent Using Filemaker and No Plugins...
by Jack Rodgers- 0 replies
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BUT... You will use the Send Mail by client... You will need a client that interprets the html in your field text and creates the MIME conent: simple text plus HTML text. You can test your email client by creating small html file, copying it and pasting the text into your emailer and mail it to yourself. Thunderbird 3.1.9 and Windows 7l and Filemaker 11 allow me to send HTML email. BUT... I have to click send in Thunderbird for every message I send. The process is not totally automated. I don't know if this will work in any other combination since I haven't, and won't, test it with other combinations. For this to work the emailer has to be ab…
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SMTP connection settings
by Guru D- 3 replies
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I'm using FM 11 in Mac.. I cant able to send the mail via smtp configuration.. Please help to send the mail via SMTP... I made a connection settings but i got error message while send the mail like "Connection refused"
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Send html mail in fm 10 ?
by Guru D- 17 replies
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Is possible we can send the html mail by using the FM 10 or FM 10 adv...
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While i'm trying to send a email from the Filemaker via outlook I got an below dialog box.. "A program is trying to automatically send e-mail on your behalf. Do you want to allow this ? with , Yes , no , help buttons" Please help me remove this dialog box while sending the mail from the filemaker via outlook. Many thanks in advance.
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I am using Mac OS 10.5.8. Recently if I add an attachment to an email sent out through FMP 9, the attachment is fine, but the text of the email becomes a solid black box. How to fix? Will upgrading to FMP 11 take care of it? Thanks, J
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Email Marketing
by comfish- 1 reply
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This may not be the correct place or forum to ask but I have been so happy to get my email notification database up and running it seems like there may be people here who have already figured this part out as well... I have been told by the ISP who hosts my email account that I can send 250 emails a day per email address through their system, but they warned me strongly that any attempt at over 50/hr could potentially get me blacklisted as a spammer. I have no intention of spamming anyone, but I have a group of about 4000 people who have asked for specific information that I would like to email once a month. I would comply with all FCC regs about identifying myself, op…
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Multiple attachments to an email
by allexv- 3 replies
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Hello, All. Is there a way I can attach multiple files to an email? I need to attach a PDF of the order and JPEGs of the item to an email confirmation to the client. I have set up the paths to each attachment. But when attaching the email, the script only allows the first one it finds although multiple paths are referenced. I know this is how the "attach file" option is supposed to work. But I need to attach multiple files to meet the needs of the client. Any thoughts? Thanks, Allex
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I have an auto field (generate ID), every new job created will auto generate ID and if i want auto send out notification email once the ID been created. How to do it? Many Thanks, a_sun
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reading email in fmpro 8.5 or 9
by fields- 1 reply
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Can anyone steer me to a review of plugins for acquiring & filtering email and parsing content to import into FMPro (student) records. I used an Aussie package several years ago but can't find the contact info. Don