Email Merge is a program for creating mailings of individualised eMail messages. It takes a database of information, and an eMail message, and merges the two to create customised eMail messages.
The potential uses are endless, and include invoicing, sales, debt recovery, student grading, and even personal messages.
What do I need to run Email Merge ?
• An Apple Macintosh, Power Macintosh, Performa, PowerBook or other MacOS-compatible.
• System 7.x or Mac OS 8.
• Claris Emailer 1.x, 2.x or Light, Outlook Express, Eudora Light or Pro (some of these are freely available on the Internet).
How do I get more help ?
There are two sources of help within Email Merge. Firstly, there is the Help screen, which can be viewed by clicking the bar at the bottom of the window. Some of this information is duplicated there. The second source is popup help, which is active when the eye button is highlighted. This describes the purpose and function of whatever is at the current mouse position.
How does payment work?
Email Merge is freely distributed as trial software. You are permitted to evaluate it for 28 days before discarding it, or purchasing a license.
Licensing
You must purchase one license for each computer on which Email Merge is used. Licenses can be purchased with the enclosed Register Email Merge program, using a page on the World Wide Web, or via telephone. Payment may be made by cash, cheque, VISA, MasterCard, American Express or First Virtual.
Pricing
Current pricing is $30 for a single license, $25 each for two or more, and $250 for a site license covering a single organisation for an area up to 100 miles in radius. For high-volume pricing, please contact us at pricing@sigsoftware.com.
Purchasing a registration on the World Wide Web
• Click on Purchase via Web in the About Email Merge dialog box or go to http://order.kagi.com/?BX
• Wait for the Web browser to load up the page.
• Enter name, address and eMail details (required) into the fields provided.
• If you require more than one license of Email Merge, specify in the area provided.
• Follow the rest of the instructions on the Web page.
Purchasing a registration using the register program
• Click on Purchase via Software in the about dialog box or run the enclosed Register Email Merge application.
• Enter name, address and eMail details (required) into the fields provided.
• Specify how many licenses are required.
• Enter payment details in the area provided.
• Save, copy or print out the information, and forward to Kagi (as detailed below) for processing.
If you are sending the purchase via eMail :
• Click Copy to copy the order, and paste into an eMail message.
• Send to sales@kagi.com.
If you are sending the purchase via mail :
• Click Print to print the order, or Save to save to a file for printing later.
• Send to Kagi, 1442-A Walnut Street #392-BX, Berkeley, California, 94709-1405, USA.
If you are sending the purchase via fax :
• Click Print to print the order, or Save to save to a file for printing later.
• Fax to (US) 510 652-6589.
Purchasing a registration via telephone
• Call (US) 510 658-5244, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Follow the instructions on the telephone, describing which type of license you wish to purchase.
• If you require more than one license of Email Merge, say so clearly.
• Clearly state your name, address, and eMail address (required).
• Telephone orders have a handling charge of $5.
Delays and Problems
Registrations may take up to a week to process, once they have been received by Kagi. Once payment has been processed, the license codes will be sent via eMail; multiple licenses will be indicated. If you have heard nothing within two weeks of ordering, or if there are any other problems, please contact support@sigsoftware.com. Thank you.
Any distribution of Email Merge must include this file. No responsibility about Email Merge's functionality or integrity is implied. This document and Email Merge are copyright of the author. Other trademarks are copyright of their respective owners.
Version 1.7.1 — 28th March 1999
• Fixed problem attaching files to outgoing Eudora Pro 4.1 messages.
Version 1.7 — FileMaker importing, Improved database editing — 14th September 1998
• Direct importing from FileMaker Pro (3.0 or later), comma-delimited text files.
• Added support for on-screen editing, multi-line records and vertical scrolling.
Version 1.6 — Outlook support, Database functions, Merge parameters, Verification — 9th March 1998
• Added support for Microsoft Outlook Express.
• Added database sorting and duplicate finding, import header option.
• Added built-in merge parameters for time, date, and message number.
• Added possibility of verification of outgoing eMail addresses and attachments.
Version 1.4 — AppleScript bypassed, Speed improvements — 25th September 1997
• Bypassed AppleScript completely, to increase reliability and speed.
• Increased merging speed by a factor of up to 10.
Version 1.3 — Attachments and Saving — 1st June 1997
• Added possibility of including attachments, and specifying encoding.
• Added ability to save merge configurations as a document for later restoring.
• Improved interface for certain operations.
Version 1.1 — Improvements and Optimisation — 20th April 1997
• Automated finding of Email client programs; user need no longer locate them.
• Added option of importing data directly from the clipboard.
• Import sampling made instant, and importing up to 4 times faster.
