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--On March 7, 2006 11:25:27 AM -0600 "Stone, Keith" <[log in to unmask]>
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> I should note that the end users using the databases I mentioned weren't
> writing DISTRIBUTE jobs themselves either. We built a desktop tool that
> built all the jobs from text and lists stored in an Oracle database.
> They never say the raw email jobs or did anything more complicated than
> composing a mail-merge in Word-like interface and pressing "Send".
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> Simple mail-merge really isn't all that difficult, but I agree that once
> you get into multi-part emails (and when you consider graphics) you have
> to really be a gluten for punishment. The documentation is cryptic at
> best, and I can assume it won't improve since I'm sure bad documentation
> helps the sales of Maestro. ;-)
I don't think it's necessarily intentionally bad, just that it's
been...ignored. :) That said, Maestro probably is the better answer,
especially for those who are willing to or able to purchase it.
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