[quote user="Arthur van Haarlem"]

Well.....

I tried copy/paste from a D-list in Notepad.

I tried typing the email addresses by hand in Notepad.

I tried exporting as CSV from a spreadsheet. 

 Either I get an extra "a" behind every email address (someone@hotmail.coma) or I get the error message: "A" is not a valid email address.

 This happens both on my PC and my laptop.

Can someone suggest a (pref. free) program that makes a text file without the extra "a"???

Thanks in advance

[/quote]

Editpad is an ASCII editor and should save as plain text.  That said, Notepad saves as plain text for me as well. 

I have used MailMerge a few times and it always went smooth.

Today, when I did my "dry run" I noticed that after the email address in the TO-field an "a" was added.

The email address would read like: SomeName@hotmail.coma

Any ideas anyone?

Regards,

Arthur

[quote user="Arthur van Haarlem"]

I have used MailMerge a few times and it always went smooth.

Today, when I did my "dry run" I noticed that after the email address in the TO-field an "a" was added.

The email address would read like: SomeName@hotmail.coma

Any ideas anyone?

Regards,

Arthur

[/quote]

I recommend checking the data file.  There may be trailing blanks or something similar.  I always use tab-delimited data files that I create using Excel and it works quite well.

I created the data file in this manner:

I made a D-list and selected addresses from my address book.

I copied the addresses from de D-list and pasted them in Notepad.

Would this methode copy something that cannot be seen?

Regards,

Arthur

[quote user="Arthur van Haarlem"]

I created the data file in this manner:

I made a D-list and selected addresses from my address book.

I copied the addresses from de D-list and pasted them in Notepad.

Would this methode copy something that cannot be seen?

Regards,

Arthur

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Probably.  The mail merge functions uses only the tab-delimited or comma delimited ASCII text for the email addresses.  I do not know what would happen if you used Notepad to create the file.  You can easily create a trailing blank when generating an addressbook entry.  These usually don't cause a problem when sending via the dist. list.

 

[quote user="Arthur van Haarlem"]

I created the data file in this manner:

I made a D-list and selected addresses from my address book.

I copied the addresses from de D-list and pasted them in Notepad.

Would this methode copy something that cannot be seen?

Well.....

I tried copy/paste from a D-list in Notepad.

I tried typing the email addresses by hand in Notepad.

I tried exporting as CSV from a spreadsheet. 

 Either I get an extra "a" behind every email address (someone@hotmail.coma) or I get the error message: "A" is not a valid email address.

 This happens both on my PC and my laptop.

Can someone suggest a (pref. free) program that makes a text file without the extra "a"???

Thanks in advance