Send Complex HTML X 2.04 (Problem w Groups)
- From: Robert Easey <reasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:05:18 -0600
I downloaded Paul Berkowitz's (fantastic) "Send Complex HTML X 2.04" script
which allows you to create HTML files outside of Entourage and send them
successfully with Entourage. It really was just what I was looking for. I
thank him for making this available!
I thought this script was perfect (and it was on my tests) until I tried to
send to a group. When I try to send to a group I get this error: "Microsoft
Entourage got an error: Can't get group 1 whose name of it = "Test Group". "
I noticed the Read Me file mentions that you CAN send to groups, but this
was not the case for me. [using Entourage 2004 v11.2.1 and Mac OS 10.3.9
with Exchange 2003].
I tried to find a workaround and discovered that if I select the group in
the address book, then choose "Execute Script" it works, no error, e-mail
sent.
O.K. This works BUT (there's always a but...) this method does not allow me
to add a subject to the e-mail and unfortunately it automatically picks up
the name of the file and uses that as the subject (not what I want). I tried
re-naming the HTML file (to match the subject that I want) and that works
BUT (again a but...) it also appends ".htm" to the end of the new file name
and places that in the subject of the e-mail.
Again I discovered a work-around for this problem and that was to open the
HTML file in IE and then use the script's choice of attaching a web page
displayed in IE instead of pointing to the file. This does indeed pick up
the "Title" of the HTML doc (not the file name).
Now, I solved almost all problems (or at least found acceptable workarounds
any way) BUT, (again...) I noticed that launching the script from the
address book (using "Execute Script") results in sending out e-mails with
blank "To:" fields. In other words no recipient. I am very concerned that
this may result in my e-mails being filtered out by spam filters if there is
no name in the recipient field.
Oddly, if I do a test, addressing a new e-mail to the group, but do not run
the script (just send plain text instead of complex HTML) the e-mails arrive
with the name of the group in the "To:" field. This would work just fine
(but I really, really wish I could put the recipient's name on each e-mail,
but hide the other people in the group).
Again, I want to thank Paul Berkowitz for this excellent script. If anyone
can help me with the two "issues" (1. Error when sending to a group & 2.
blank TO: fields ) I would be eternally grateful.
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