one name, two emails

[tenenb]

Hi,


I have a list with names and email addresses, which is generated by a data base. In its final form, we get a text file on the form

FirstName1 Name1 <emailaddress1> \
FirstName2 Name2 <emailaddress2a>, <emailaddress2a> \
etc.

where \ stands for return.

When I try to import the list, MaxBulk rejects lines like the second one above, saying that the corresponding addresses are wrong. Indeed, not only the < and > signs are omitted but also the comma separating the two addresses.

I imagine I am the first to encounter this difficulty.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Gérald

 

[stanbusk]

MaxBulk Mailer only accepts one e-mail address per record. I guess you will have to modify your list.

 

[tenenb]

Not so simple. If I replace commas by returns, so that the corresponding lines just get an email address and no name (which I can cope with), they are simply ignored and not imported!

 

[stanbusk]

I have do modify the file manually duplicating those lines and choosing one of the addresses. I know it is a lot of work.

 

[tenenb]

I _need_ to keep both adresses. Isn't it possible to edit the list in MB and create a new address (without name) where a comma stands?

 

[stanbusk]

MaxBulk doesn't know how to do that yet.