<html><head></head><body>Dave Crossland recommends Mail Chimp, which seems to be specifically for mass mailings. Would it work for you? <div class="gmail_quote">On May 2, 2016 8:46:14 AM EDT, Sean DALY <<a href="http://sdaly.be">sdaly.be</a>@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Bernie, please don't get excited, I don't want an argument. The issue is not receiving an e-mail, it's mass mailing and I'm not able to do that anymore, that's all. </div>Sean </div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Bernie Innocenti <<a href="mailto:bernie@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">bernie@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 04/29/2016 07:05 AM, Sean DALY wrote: > Hi Chris, > > historically I used the Google docs instance to send e-mails from > <a href="mailto:pr@sugarlabs.org">pr@sugarlabs.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:pr@sugarlabs.org">pr@sugarlabs.org</a>>, but it was decided to end > support for that so I don't have a suggestion, sorry. Oh christ, you still blame this on us? <a href="mailto:pr@sugarlabs.org">pr@sugarlabs.org</a> is and always has been forwarded to you at <a href="mailto:sdaly.sugarlabs@gmail.com">sdaly.sugarlabs@gmail.com</a>, which presumably you control. So what's the issue? > Sean > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Chris Leonard <<a href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com">cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com">cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com</a>>> wrote: > > Hi Sean and systems folks, > > I've recovered the 2800-odd user e-mails from the old Pootle instance > (the user table was not migrated) and I want to send out an e-mail > blast inviting them to re-register and begin translating for SL again. > Currently the list in in spreadsheet format, but I can obviously > reconfigure as needed, I've got fields like their previous user-name, > firtstname, lastname, e-mail address that I would like to use to > customize the messages. > > I do NOT want to just recreate the user accounts on Pootle, at this > point, I'd prefer an affirmative action on their part to rejoin our > L10n community. I don't really want to drop them into the L10n > mailman list and make them unsubscribe, that just seems obnoxious. > > I don't want to get labeled as a spammer, but I'd like to send as > <a href="mailto:cjl@sugarlabs.org">cjl@sugarlabs.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:cjl@sugarlabs.org">cjl@sugarlabs.org</a>> (if feasible). > > I'm looking for suggestions on tools/services to do the mail-merge and > blast. I see this as more-or-less a one-time effort to invite them to > come home to our L10n community. > > TIA, > > cjl > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Systems mailing list > <a href="mailto:Systems@lists.sugarlabs.org">Systems@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/systems" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/systems</a> > -- Bernie Innocenti Sugar Labs Infrastructure Team <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Infrastructure_Team" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Infrastructure_Team</a> </blockquote></div> </div> </blockquote></div> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.</body></html>