Welcome to FileMaker Pro 10!

Send Mail via SMTP
Summary
If you have a database containing email addresses, you can now save time by sending email
directly from FileMaker Pro instead of having to open your email client. This is convenient
whether you’re sending a single email from a current record, such as when a customer
requested a follow up, or you’re sending one email for each record in a found set, such as
when you’re announcing an event. For example, say you use FileMaker Pro as the back-end
database for a commercial website where customers place orders. You can create a script to
check for new orders every 30 minutes and send confirmation emails.
What’s Changed
Before, emails were pushed into your email outbox one by one, which could take a
long time for big distribution lists. Now email is sent directly to your email server,
bypassing your email client. In fact, you don’t even need an email client to send email
from FileMaker Pro!
FileMaker Pro 10 also makes it easier to automate email distribution to your contacts
and customers. Say you want to find records that meet your criteria and then send
emails to those contacts at midnight. Before, you would need to know how to use
AppleScript or ActiveX. Now you can just write a script in FileMaker Pro to find the
records that meet your criteria, and then send the email using the new SMTP email
option.
Where to Find
File > Send Mail
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