Interval Emailing

lifeafter2am · lifeafter2am #1 (**permalink**)

02-18-2011, 05:44 PM

Hey all!

We are running a study, and need to send emails out to people at certain times. So, for instance, participant 1 needs to get an email everyday, for 30 days; participant 2 needs to get an email once a week for 4 weeks. Stuff like that.

Anyone know of any good programs that will do this? We have tried MailScheduler but it does not work at all. Any help is GREATLY appreciated (so we don't have to do this by hand)!

--lifeafter2am

Randy B. Singer · Randy B. Singer #2 (**permalink**)

02-19-2011, 07:15 AM

This sounds like a job for AppleScript, working in conjunction with Apple's Mail and iCal. Fortunately, someone has already created an AppleScript for you:

iCalMail
SP - iCalMail

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lifeafter2am · lifeafter2am #3 (**permalink**)

02-19-2011, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy B. Singer

This sounds like a job for AppleScript, working in conjunction with Apple's Mail and iCal. Fortunately, someone has already created an AppleScript for you:

iCalMail
SP - iCalMail

___________________________________________

Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
OS X Maintenance And Troubleshooting
___________________________________________

Looks good as a last solution. The problem with this is that it requires a larger amount of man-hours to put in an event for everyday someone gets an email. To do that 30 times, for 100 participants; thats a lot of hours. But, it still beats having to send the emails by hand .... so I won't completely rule it out.

--lifeafter2am

iWhat · iWhat #4 (**permalink**)

02-19-2011, 04:17 PM

Sounds like something Automator could do, or at least most of the work.

Randy B. Singer · Randy B. Singer #5 (**permalink**)

02-19-2011, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lifeafter2am

Looks good as a last solution.

There are a number of bulk mailing programs for the Mac (MaxBulkMailer, Direct Mail, etc.), but unfortunately they don't offer the precision scheduling that you are looking for. Nothing else that I know of does.

___________________________________________

Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
OS X Maintenance And Troubleshooting
___________________________________________

lifeafter2am #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 25, 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,395 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro Unibody	02-18-2011, 05:44 PM Hey all! We are running a study, and need to send emails out to people at certain times. So, for instance, participant 1 needs to get an email everyday, for 30 days; participant 2 needs to get an email once a week for 4 weeks. Stuff like that. Anyone know of any good programs that will do this? We have tried MailScheduler but it does not work at all. Any help is GREATLY appreciated (so we don't have to do this by hand)! --lifeafter2am masakatsu agatsu @lifeafter2am
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Randy B. Singer #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 01, 2011 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 479	02-19-2011, 07:15 AM This sounds like a job for AppleScript, working in conjunction with Apple's Mail and iCal. Fortunately, someone has already created an AppleScript for you: iCalMail SP - iCalMail ___________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance OS X Maintenance And Troubleshooting ___________________________________________
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Member Since: Nov 11, 2004 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 5,761 Mac Specs: Macbook, iMac G5, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod (MANY)!	02-19-2011, 04:17 PM Sounds like something Automator could do, or at least most of the work.
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