mail merging formatted content

[Guest]

I am using Outlook 2000 SR1 and Word 2000 SR1.

I have an email message that I need to send to everyone in my
contacts folder. I know I can create a distribution list and place
it in the bcc: field, with my own email in the To: field, but I
need each recipient to see only their own email, not mine or
others, in the To: field. So I tried Mail Merge. The body of my
message contains some formatted text and also few images. I
changed my Outlook's Mail Format as HTML and MSWord as my email
editor. When I send the messages through mail merge, the
receiver's mail is not formatted, and also no images are seen.

But, when I send a mail individually to them, the receiver
receives the mail in HTML format.

I also checked the recipient's property "Send email using plain
text only" and it is checked OFF.

Can some one please suggest me what is going wrong here?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Nothing is wrong. It is very well documented that in versions that old, mail
merges have always defaulted to plain text.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Russ. But can you please let me know how to acheive my task, i mean a workaround.

Nothing is wrong. It is very well documented that in versions that old, mail
merges have always defaulted to plain text.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am using Outlook 2000 SR1 and Word 2000 SR1.

I have an email message that I need to send to everyone in my
contacts folder. I know I can create a distribution list and place
it in the bcc: field, with my own email in the To: field, but I
need each recipient to see only their own email, not mine or
others, in the To: field. So I tried Mail Merge. The body of my
message contains some formatted text and also few images. I
changed my Outlook's Mail Format as HTML and MSWord as my email
editor. When I send the messages through mail merge, the
receiver's mail is not formatted, and also no images are seen.

But, when I send a mail individually to them, the receiver
receives the mail in HTML format.

I also checked the recipient's property "Send email using plain
text only" and it is checked OFF.

Can some one please suggest me what is going wrong here?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

There is no workaround other than to upgrade to Outlook 2002 or higher or
use third party software.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;244911&Product=out2K

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thank you Russ. But can you please let me know how to acheive my task, i mean a workaround.

Nothing is wrong. It is very well documented that in versions that old, mail
merges have always defaulted to plain text.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am using Outlook 2000 SR1 and Word 2000 SR1.

I have an email message that I need to send to everyone in my
contacts folder. I know I can create a distribution list and place
it in the bcc: field, with my own email in the To: field, but I
need each recipient to see only their own email, not mine or
others, in the To: field. So I tried Mail Merge. The body of my
message contains some formatted text and also few images. I
changed my Outlook's Mail Format as HTML and MSWord as my email
editor. When I send the messages through mail merge, the
receiver's mail is not formatted, and also no images are seen.

But, when I send a mail individually to them, the receiver
receives the mail in HTML format.

I also checked the recipient's property "Send email using plain
text only" and it is checked OFF.

Can some one please suggest me what is going wrong here?