email mailshot-how?

pavlovs_dog

i'd like to set up an email mailshot, sending the same email (but with personalised name/company name etc) to a lot of different address, but am not sure how best to go about it.

are there any programmes/email providers that offer such a facility (preferrably free to use, i am an MSE girl you know )? i want each email to only have the address of the recipient on it - i dont want people to know who else has been contacted with this.

also, would it be possible to link such programmes to excel/word (like you would with a standard postal mailshot)?

and can attachments and signatures be added to such emails as you can with a standard email?

looking forward to your responses and thanks for taking the time to help

p_d

Browntoa

this lot do it for free

http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/free.html

The process of collecting subscribers through a form on your website is automated and uses double opt-in.

Possibility to collect other data besides the e-mail address.

The unsubscribe process is automated.

Advanced subscriber management: browse feature, search feature, list of people that unsubscribed etc.

You can download your subscriber database at any time.

Send "plain text" or HTML newsletters.

Messages are individually addressed.

Send test messages.

All sent newsletters are kept in an archive. This archive can be made available to your website visitors.

Automated bounce handling

NellyLock

Browntoa wrote:

this lot do it for free

http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/free.html

The process of collecting subscribers through a form on your website is automated and uses double opt-in. ( [url="javascript:eval(tmp=window.open('popup_subscribe_free.html','popwin','width=450,height=300,toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0'));tmp.focus();"]more info[/url] )
Possibility to collect other data besides the e-mail address. ( [url="javascript:eval(tmp=window.open('popup_otherdata.html','popwin','width=450,height=300,toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0'));tmp.focus();"]more info[/url] )
The unsubscribe process is automated. ( [url="javascript:eval(tmp=window.open('popup_unsubscribe.html','popwin','width=450,height=300,toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0'));tmp.focus();"]more info[/url] )
Advanced subscriber management: browse feature, search feature, list of people that unsubscribed etc.
You can download your subscriber database at any time.
Send "plain text" or HTML newsletters. ( [url="javascript:eval(tmp=window.open('popup_send.html','popwin','width=450,height=300,toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0'));tmp.focus();"]more info[/url] )
Messages are individually addressed. ( [url="javascript:eval(tmp=window.open('popup_send2.html','popwin','width=450,height=300,toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0'));tmp.focus();"]more info[/url] )
Send test messages. ( [url="javascript:eval(tmp=window.open('popup_testmessages_free.html','popwin','width=450,height=300,toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0'));tmp.focus();"]more info[/url] )
All sent newsletters are kept in an archive. This archive can be made available to your website visitors.
Automated bounce handling ( [url="javascript:eval(tmp=window.open('popup_bouncehandling.html','popwin','width=450,height=300,toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0'));tmp.focus();"]more info[/url] )

hrmmm opera really doesn't like them links...interesing they seem to work fine in ffox! wonder whats goin on ther.

edit: i take that back...they dont work in firefox either...perhaps removin t j/scriptin may work?

Browntoa

did'nt realise they were jscript..editied to take them out now

(me being lazy and just cut + pasting !)

scheming_gypsy

for the recipient not knowing who else it's been sent to you're best creating a mailing list, if you use Outlook. Create one within your address book and attach all the addresses you want to send to and just mail to that 1 address,