best way is using VB.net
easy to work with data and sending mail..
and u can close ur older question about this topic
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automate sending outlook email from microsoft excel
hello experts,
I would like to do the following:
Create a program that does the following.
1. Scan through a list of email addresses in excel sheet of 70,000 rows
2. For each run
- grab 95 email addresses from the list of rows in column B for instance
- open microsoft outlook, open a preexisting email template
- paste the copied email addresses into the BCC section of the email
- then add 3 email addresses to the message (these will always be the same for each mail send)
- send the email.
- The program will run every 30 min, each time it runs, send the same email for the next 95 email address in the excel sheet until all 70,000 emails have been sent.
3. I have 6 email addresses to send from, each time the program runs, it should send from one of these email addresses so the program should essentially loop through these 6 email addresses sending from a different one each time.
I would like to get some feedback on the best approach and/or various alternatives to accomplish this (send mail, CDO, etc. vb vs. vba). Also to see if there is any relevant sample code out there to get me started.
Any help, feedback, or insights are much appreciated!
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If my math is right you are talking about something that would take about 2 weeks to finish. You should really not use Outlook for this.
Is this a one time thing or how often are you sending the message to the group? Please also clarify how you got the emails/Excel file and the type of message being sent? What is your relation to those with the email addresses? You must understand this could be seen considered spamming even though I also know there are legitimate reasons for the same thing.
What is the chance of using a third party to send this? That is really the best option for you when you are talking about doing it on this scale. There are ALL kinds of benefits to that method (or something professional) like handling rejects, unsubscribe requests, more reasonable time and limits for delivery, and better addressing instead of relying on BCC.
Even though you will be rotating email addresses I would assume they are the same domain. If so then that action may just cause a problem you might be trying to avoid -- having you mistaken for a spammer and blacklisted. It really isn't good to "rotate" addresses for a few reasons.
If this is something you must do and develop in house then putting the email addresses in a database and developing an app that will work directly with the mail server will be much better. You can even purchase some solutions that will provide some of the management features I described. All of these will make it more likely your messages will get through and be treated legit.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you want specifics on any part or have a question.
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Thank you! Yes, I would be very interested in more specifics
I would have to ask for the more specific requirements but I think this would be on an ongoing basis (for how long, i don't know yet)
The file of email addresses was provided to me. The messages are basically an invitation to attend a an information webcast on a software product.
What would be the reasons its bad to rotate addresses? I'm not sure if they are the same domain but I can check on that tomorrow.
I don't necessarily have to do it this way if there are better options I can present to the person interested in automating the process. I'm not familiar with the 3rd party options (are there some reasonably priced options out there that would meet these requirements?) I would definitely be interested to know more about that.
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by: lchaPosted on 2009-10-27 at 14:38:32ID: 25677856
I have some limited experience using VBA with Microsoft Access. Visual Studio 2008 is installed on my machine and I have some experience working with Visual Basic .Net. If VB .net is a good option I can go that route but I'm looking for the most practical way to do this. thx.