Well, it just sends it out as a MAPI object, so you need to have a MAPI-enabled email
client or server running (or executable). If you don't, Filemaker will not recognize
the fact.
So you're saying that you've never gotten an email to work through ebase? Sounds like
an email client issue, not a Filemaker or ebase issue.
In that case, go into Eudora, click on Tools>Options, and scroll down to MAPI. In the
MAPI options, make sure the setting for "Use Eudora MAPI server" is not set to
"Never". The difference between "always" or "While Eudora is running", is that
"Always" will pop up Eudora if you send an email from FMP, even if it's not already
open. I'm using Eudora v3, newer versions may have different lingo, but the setting
options should be more or less the same.
Let me know if this works.
HTH,
Matt
PS Oh, and in general it's good to post your replies back to the list, so that others
can learn from your work. Unfortunately, the listserv doesn't insert a "Reply To"
address into the emails (never seen one that didn't, but that's another story...) so
if you hit reply it will go back to me instead of the whole list. So just type in
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" when you reply.
At 03:34 PM 12/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Yes, I sent them through the wizard on the output screen. After
>following all of the steps, when it finally said "do you want to send
>now?" I chose yes and the screen with the totals all on it (the one
>with number to be sent, number sent, number not sent, etc) and it
>seemed to send 320 with 43 problems, which is correct, but no one got
>them and there was nothing in my outbox. I don't know what is going
>on, but this is the 2nd time we have tried unsuccessfully. Do you
>happen to know how the script that sends the emails works? Perhaps I
>could check that.
>
>
>>Hmm. Good question. When I send custom emails they do show up in
>>my Eudora outbox. When you say that ebase "seems to have sent
>>them", can you be more specific? Were you sending through the email
>>wizard on the output screen? What indication did you receive that
>>the mail had been sent?
>>
>>Alternatively, if you have an in-house email server, can you check
>>the server log? Or, if not, ask your ISP to check it? (But I
>>suspect that they weren't sent if there's nothing in the outbox.)
>>
>>HTH,
>>Matt
>>
>>At 04:57 PM 12/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Help!!! I have just attempted to send customized (with merge fields)
>>>emails to 363 members of our group. Ebase seems to have sent them,
>>>but when I go to my outbox in Eudora, which was open during sending,
>>>there is nothing there. How can we be sure that when we send emails
>>>from Ebase that they have gone out??
>>>
>>>Please advise, we are desperate to get this out before Monday!
>>>
>>>Thank you in advance for any advice!
>>>
>>>Melissa Victory
>>>The Orion Society
>>>195 Main St
>>>Great Barrington, MA 01230
>> >
>> >
>>Matthew Scholtz
>>Evaluator and IS Coordinator
>>Health Initiatives For Youth (HIFY)
>>www.hify.com
>
>
