Incorrect evaluation of mailmerge fields

[kailter]

I have tried to send "happy Easter" using BulkMax and its mailmerge fields. In the destination file there is a field named 'Sesso' (=Sex) that contains only the letter "M" for male and "F" for female.

My e-mail begins in the following manner:

<IF [[Sesso]] = "M">Caro [Nome Completo]<ELSEIF [[Sesso]] = "F">Cara [Nome Completo]<ELSE>Caro/a collega</IF>,

etc.

Although the field 'Sesso' is correctly filled for all entries and the preview shows the expected mails (the filed Sesso being correctly evaluated), the program while actually sending the mails evaluates as false both conditions [[Sesso]] ="M" and [[Sesso]] ="F", so that all the mails are sent with "Caro/a collega" which follows the ELSE in the IF statement.

Can someone help me to fix the problem?

Thanks in advance.

 

[stanbusk]

Do you mean the Preview works fine but not the delivery? That's weird since the executed code is the same :-/

 

[kailter]

Do you mean the Preview works fine but not the delivery? That's weird since the executed code is the same :-/

It is just so! I have made a lot of tests with this inavarble result.


This is the source text:

<IF [[Sesso]] = "M">Caro [Nome Completo]<ELSEIF [[Sesso]] = "F">Cara [Nome Completo]<ELSE>Caro/a collega</IF>,

questo messaggio per farti i migliori auguri di Buona Pasqua.

Alberto Mura

Here is the preview:

Oggetto: Auguri
Da: xxxx
Data: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:54:39 +0200
A: xxxx <xxxxxx>
Errors-To: xxxx
X-Mailer: MBM 8.3-IT


-----------------------------------------
Caro xxxxxx,

questo messaggio per farti i migliori auguri di Buona Pasqua.

xxxxxx

------------------------------------------

And this is the messsage actually delivered:

Caro/a collega,

questo messaggio per farti i migliori auguri di Buona Pasqua.

xxxxxxx

It is weird, but true! Any idea?

Thanks in advance

 

[stanbusk]

IS the 'Singly' option activated in the settings?

 

[kailter]

IS the 'Singly' option activated in the settings?

Yes. But the next field "Number of mail for every group" is set to 10. In the past the problem was not present. It appeared as I have installed the last version.

Best.

 

[stanbusk]

We changed nothing related to tag processing. The new version changes are:

- 'Service not available' error now triggers the connection drop retry system. The delivery will automatically resume.
- It is now possible to select several deliveries at once in the statistic panel either contiguous or separated.
- Encoding problem when undoing text in the message field in given occasions.
- Import from Apple Mail now includes the recipient names.
- The 'Import from a Remote Database' window now automatically renames remote fields using the query field names.