I have a long-standing project using PHP Maker for a recruitment business that I have been gradually refining over the years and now works pretty much as i want it to - after much patient input from this board and the Webmaster.
I am now trying to make emailing candidates easier direct from the database.
At the moment I have 3 options:
Option 1 - if it's a small number of candidates then I have a mailto: hyper-link in the List View set on their ID (Primary Key) that opens a new email in Outlook and I can then use a pre-set signature to tailor the email.
Option 2 - For larger emailings of between 10 & 250+ I can tag individual candidates based on search criteria which I then export their email address and name to excel, import this into a program called Group Mail and send out a personalised email.
Option 3 - Same as Option 2 but I just dump the email addresses into Outlooks BCC field and send out a non-personalised email.
Option 2 is not workable for most of my colleagues as it requires a level of technical knowledge that is quite frankly beyond them. I know it's not that difficult but these guys are salesmen! Option 3 is OK but the lack of personalisation is a problem as it just looks.. well, impersonal and it also requires a minor amount of technical knowledge.
What I would like to be able to do is to select specific candidates and send them a specific personalised email directly from my database.
Can anyone point me in the right direction or am I trying to do something beyond PHP Maker? BTW I'm not a programmer! What I have learnt has been from hours of trial and error and guidance on here.
Many thanks in advance!!