I'll second the recommendation for the cns SMTPit Pro for sending emails from FMPro. I've used it for years, all the way back to FMPro 6, and it is very easy and powerful.

Also, I'm glad to see all the recent activity on the list. I think there were more posts over the weekend than there have been in the last month. :-)

Rick


On Dec 12, 2010, at 6:00 PM, FMPRO-L automatic digest system wrote:

> Date:    Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:47:11 +0900
> From:    Peter Payne <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Question on Filemaker 11
> 
> Hello all, thanks for this great resource for discussing Filemaker
> 
> I am currently using Filemaker 8.5 clients and Filemaker 9 Advanced for =
> myself, and am considering upgrading to 11. I have a few questions if =
> anyone can help me out.
> 
> First, the main reason I want to upgrade is for the ability to send =
> email via SMPT. My goal is to send attractive HTML formatted emails =
> according to a template that will look really nice, since this is really =
> hard to do for some reason. Is there a way to do this with Filemaker? If =
> there's no way to format the mail the way I want it I might just skip =
> upgrading. Any info on this new feature would be appreciated.
> 
> (The current way we send pretty emails is, building them as a custom =
> HTML document in Safari then using the "mail contents of page" we send =
> it out through Mail.app. Not the most efficient way to go, and it =
> totalyl breaks with the Windows machines we send some mails from. Is =
> there a better way to send custom formatted emails, preferably through a =
> normal mail program? Any guidance here would be great)
> 
> Also, I am coming from Filemaker 8.5 in some cases and would like to buy =
> the upgrade rather than buying new. Does anyone know if the upgrade =
> activations do work even though September 2010 has passed?=


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