----- txtmsg.txt, the template for composing and sending a 'MailMerge -- ----- style' set of outgoing messages. David Harris, 23Sep'05 -- ----- -- ----- The EMAILS file can have multiple fields, separated by '|'. -- ----- DO NOT USE LEADING |'s, unless there is an empty first field. -- ----- -- ----- Any field THAT IS USED from the EMAILS file needs a target -- ----- string, an '=' character, and the number of the field across the -- ----- line of the EMAILS file. ----- -- ----- Lines having an "=" will be used to make a table of substitutions -- ----- and which field in the email.txt file is to be used for the -- ----- substitution. -- ----- -- ----- The string after the "=" will be a number (1 is the first) ------- ----- for the field in an email.txt row that is to be substitued for ----- ----- the target string just before the "=" sign. ------------------------ ----- SOME FIELDS MAY BE UNUSED. The target strings and numers show ----- ----- which fields are used, and where the substitution should occur. -- ----- -- ----- At each email record, a second table will be made with the values -- ----- to be substituted FROM THAT PARTICULAR LINE OF THE EMAIL.TXT table.- ----- There can be many substitutions made, if you need. -- ----- ----- In the common case shown below ----- the TTTTT string would be substituted with each actual email address- ----- (which would also be used for the $recipient part of the SMTP -- ----- negotiation). -- ----- After the header region is sent, the message lines will be sent, --- ----- with substitutions of the targets (like 'TTTTT'). -- ----- -- ----- The first 3 lines after MMMMM...MMM are special and must evaluate to- ----- (1) the official sender, (2) the recipient, and (3) an empty line. -- ----- There must also be an empty line between the header info and the -- ----- material that will be the visible message when a message is chosen.-- ----- -- ----- The To: line can have any address(es), unrelated to the actual TTTTT- ----- address used. If the human name is quoted and the email unquoted -- ----- then both are visible to the receiver. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TTTTT=3 NNNNN=2 TITLE=1 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM rstephens@DarwinDay.org TTTTT To: TTTTT Subject: Do You Want Darwin Day (Feb.12) mailings? From: "R.Stephens" Organization: Darwin Day Celebration, a nonprofit 501c3 corp. X-Accept-Language: en-us,en MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------050907030000030401040607" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050907030000030401040607 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Darwin Day Celebration Redwood City, CA, USA Date: Sept. 23, 2005 Dear TITLE NNNNN, Thank you for visiting our website www.darwinday.org during the past year and providing us with your e-mail address and often additional information, so that we could send you updates about Darwin Day activity. We are now in the process of updating our records for 2006. We noticed that you are one of a small number of people who registered with a lot of information, but left the button setting that said *"No - **May we send you e-mail about the Darwin Day Celebration project?**" *We suspect that you didn't sign up with so much information if you didn't want to hear from us, but we're not sure. If your name and e-mail address are correct and you *_DO_* want to receive e-mails from Darwin Day Celebration *please confirm by replying to this message,* using the e-mail account that received it. If you wish us to use a different e-mail address please specify clearly the old address and the new address for us to use in the future. We intend to develop a system that allows you to change your information yourself, in the future. The staff here at DarwinDay.org has been very busy this past year and we are pleased to report that the Darwin Day organization has greatly improved its website and our ability to communicate with large numbers of people. This ability will allow us to encourage the development of many more Darwin Day Celebrations worldwide on Charles Darwin's Birthday -- February 12. We are also pleased to invite you to read the new information we have recently posted and that will be frequently updated. Some of these articles are listed on the Darwin Day Web site home page under "*Don't Miss These Current Articles."* In addition, there are improvements to be found in most sections of the website. For instance under *News & Views* we have recently added statements and essays that support evolution and the need to celebrate Darwin, Science and Humanity -- so do take a little time to read a few! Finally we have introduced a section on the Home page on the *Two Emancipators* that were born on the same day in the same year; Abraham Lincoln, emancipator of the American slaves and Charles Darwin, emancipator of the human mind. This item is further developed in essays on the website at darwinday.org/englishL/newsviews/darlin.html . Sincerely yours, Robert J. (Bob) Stephens, Ph.D. Emeritus Director, Cell Biology Program, SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) President, Darwin Day Celebration, a nonprofit, tax-deductible 501(c)3 corporation. http://www.darwinday.org P.S. If you do not want to receive further e-mail from Darwin Day Celebration at your current e-mail address, simply reply to this e-mail at unsubscribe@darwinday.org , using the account you want unsubscribed. If that is not possible, send from another account with a message that tells your old e-mail address and the e-mail where we can verify that you really want our messages stopped. You can also unsubscribe by sending regular mail, with your e-mail clearly identified, to "Darwin Day Celebration (Unsubscribe), 2682 Middlefield Rd, Ste. P, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA". --------------050907030000030401040607 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit                                                             Darwin Day Celebration
                                                            Redwood City, CA, USA
                                                            Date: Sept. 23, 2005
 
Dear TITLE NNNNN
 
Thank you for visiting our website www.darwinday.org during the past year and providing us with your e-mail address and often additional information, so that we could send you updates about Darwin Day activity.  We are now in the process of updating our records for 2006.
 
We noticed that you are one of a small number of people who registered with a lot of information, but left the button setting that said "No - May we send you e-mail about the Darwin Day Celebration project?"  We suspect that you didn't sign up with so much information if you didn't want to hear from us, but we're not sure.
 
If your name and e-mail address are correct and you DO want to receive e-mails from Darwin Day Celebration please confirm by replying to this message, using the e-mail account that received it.  If you wish us to use a different e-mail address please specify clearly the old address and the new address for us to use in the future.  We intend to develop a system that allows you to change your information yourself, in the future.
 
The staff here at DarwinDay.org has been very busy this past year and we are pleased to report that the Darwin Day organization has greatly improved its website and our ability to communicate with large numbers of people.  This ability will allow us to encourage the development of many more Darwin Day Celebrations worldwide on Charles Darwin's Birthday -- February 12.  We are also pleased to invite you to read the new information we have recently posted and that will be frequently updated.  Some of these articles are listed on the Darwin Day Web site home page under "Don't Miss These Current Articles."  In addition, there are improvements to be found in most sections of the website.  For instance under News & Views we have recently added statements and essays that support evolution and the need to celebrate Darwin, Science and Humanity -- so do take a little time to read a few!
 
Finally we have introduced a section on the Home page on the Two Emancipators that were born on the same day in the same year; Abraham Lincoln, emancipator of the American slaves and Charles Darwin, emancipator of the human mind.  This item is further developed in essays on the website at darwinday.org/englishL/newsviews/darlin.html .
 
Sincerely yours,
 
Robert J. (Bob) Stephens, Ph.D.
Emeritus Director, Cell Biology Program,
SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute)
President, Darwin Day Celebration, a nonprofit, tax-deductible 501(c)3 corporation.
http://www.darwinday.org
 
 
P.S.  If you do not want to receive further e-mail from Darwin Day Celebration at your current e-mail address, simply reply to this e-mail at unsubscribe@darwinday.org , using the account you want unsubscribed.  If that is not possible, send from another account with a message that tells your old e-mail address and the e-mail where we can verify that you really want our messages stopped.
 
You can also unsubscribe by sending regular mail, with your e-mail clearly identified, to "Darwin Day Celebration (Unsubscribe), 2682 Middlefield Rd, Ste. P, Redwood City, CA  94063, USA".
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