Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:09:45 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: script to send out a dozen letters? Message-ID: <20090816040944.GA51282@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <6201873e0908152007o5d0e3778w3aba9869018fa9cf@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090815234920.GA9094@thought.org> <6201873e0908152007o5d0e3778w3aba9869018fa9cf@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:07:15PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > > > > if there are tools to do this, please point me at them, but i > > want to send out a snail and/or email|HTML|whatever to a handful > > of companies that i hope to find online. > > > > I'm guessing the inside address would me something like > > > > Company Name > > Address > > Company Email > > > > Attn Mr. Smith: > > > > [my canned letter] > > > > > > i forget if the inside address is before the recipient > > address--I *think* so. is there a way of having date output > > the format "15 August, 2009" rather than my usual, 15aug09? > > > > I am pretty sure these people are most accustomed to GUI/html > > mail, so is there a way of invoking evo with html capability? > > > > if there are web pointers on this, puleeze clue me in! > > > > thanks much, > > > > gary > > > > -- > > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service > > Unix > > http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org > > > > Not entirely clear on you goal here, but if this is a repetitive thing any > of the major scripting lang Perl,PHP,Python etc is easily up to the task. > Otherwise OpenOffice merge works great too once you get the hang of it. > i'm thinking of a /bin/sh script. if $1@ caputures a whole line, that would grab, say 123 Main Street and $2@ would grab York, PA 12345-6789 Actually, I'm trying to figure out something I can reuse if and when necessary, including applying for a JOB!! whatever.... tx, gary > > -- > Adam Vande More -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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