Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 00:00:19 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Jarvis Cochrane <jarvis@guru.wow.aust.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mail merge from command line? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911042358380.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <38227D71.A3F7CD4A@guru.wow.aust.com>
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On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Jarvis Cochrane wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering if there is some tool that will let me perform "mail > merges" from within shell scripts or driven by cron. > > I work the student administration office of a University and we are > considering doing direct e-mails of information out to students to save > on paper and envelope stuffing. We need to be able to easily create > template files that can then be filled in with custom information for > each student - name, address, course details, etc. > > It'd be really great if, as well as plain text files, we could also > produce PDF or postscript files if required. Check out the apsfilter port in ports/print, it installs many filters you can play with to accomplish this. Perl's form features may also be helpful, I would check out the ORA books on perl. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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