Send Mail
Send Mail [Send via E-mail Client/Send via SMTP Server]; No dialog; To: “<to>”; CC: “<CC>”; BCC: “<BCC>”;
Subject: “<subject>”; Message: “<message>”; “<attachment>”]
Subject: “<subject>”; Message: “<message>”; “<attachment>”]
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Perform without dialog instructs FileMaker Pro to put the composed email message in the email application's outbox, ready to be sent. If this option is not selected, the composed message is left open in the email application so it can be reviewed. In some email applications, the new message is left in the Drafts folder.
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Click Specify to display the Send Mail dialog box, where you can set options for your mail. Choose the method by which to send mail, E-Mail Client or SMTP Server. (If you choose SMTP Server, the SMTP Options dialog box appears. For information about setting SMTP options, see Entering or editing SMTP options.) Then choose to create One email using data from the current file, or create Multiple emails (one for each record in found set).
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Note If you choose SMTP Server and Multiple emails (one for each record in the found set) and FileMaker encounters an error while emailing one of the records, the remaining records will not be sent.
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(Windows) Select Specify Email Addresses to enter one or more email addresses. Separate each address with a semicolon or a carriage return character.
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Select Specify Field Name to specify a field that contains one or more email addresses.
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Select Specify Calculation to specify a calculation that generates one or more email addresses.
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If you use the Specify Field Name option to specify a value for the To, CC, or BCC entries, you can also select Collect addresses across found set to specify that all the values from this field in the current found set be used (to address a message to multiple recipients).
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To stores the address(es) of the recipient(s).
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CC stores the address(es) of the carbon copy recipient(s).
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BCC stores the address(es) of the blind carbon copy recipient(s)
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Subject indicates the title for the email message.
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Message indicates the text of the email message. You can type the message as text, use a field value, create a message from a calculation, or insert text from a file.
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Select Attach File to select a file to send as an attachment to the mail message. For more information, see Creating file paths.
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If you select Multiple emails and Collect addresses across found set, FileMaker Pro generates an email message for every record in the found set. Each message is addressed to everyone specified in the TO, CC and BCC boxes for every record in the found set.
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FileMaker Pro sends email messages as plain text. To edit the message's contents and formatting, choose to send the message through an email client and do not select the Perform without dialog option. You can then edit the message within the email client before it is sent.
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