Re: [Evolution] Mail merge?

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sat, 2020-10-10 at 00:06 +1300, gnome via evolution-list wrote:
> On Fri, 2020-10-09 at 11:59 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > Have just installed Evolution version 3.30.5-1.1 (the default in
> > > Devuan). 
> >
> > That's several years old. 
>
> Not a programmer nor do I maintain any of this. I just use Devuan
> because it works without the issues that some other systems provide :) 
>
> > > As per the subject, I am scratching my head on sending emails as
> > > "mail
> > > merge" - this is where I can put multiple addresses in the "to"
> > > field,
> > > send, and a little bit of behind-the-scenes magic means that each
> > > recipient gets ONLY their address, they don't get other people's
> > > addresses. 
> >
> > You mean BCC?
>
> No I mean mail merge - each email is TO the person receiving it rather
> than a BCC which often trips spam filters. Your email is to you, not to
> someone else and BCC to you but only to you. 

Evolution is a mail user agent (MUA), not a mail management system
(mass mailer, mailing list manager, etc.). The standard interpretation
of the TO header is that each recipient gets a copy of the whole
message, including the TO header itself. I've never used an MUA that
does what you suggest (perhaps Thunderbird is an exception).

poc