Starting a new project creates a project file (the .mil file) that records the location
and name of all resources you will link the project to. Therefore, it is
recommended to start using this option.
From the File/New menu, select the new Mailing Project
option, click OK:
The next 3 dialog boxes will create the project tree with editable content files, and establish a connection between your project and the data source supplying the records (mailing lists and content variables).
Name your project, validate the default path or browse for new one,
click Next:
Enter the From field: the mailing sender's name and email
address that recipients will see.
Enter a subject for the email, click Next:
Data source settings:
The wizard will now ask for a receivers data source in order to generate the mailing list. Several options are available, from linking to a data source (Oracle, SQL Server, Excel, Access, Address Book or Outlook Contacts) to importing addresses from files / from the clipboard,
connecting to a XML Data Source (XML ADO format) or to starting a new project database. If you are visiting for the first time, you may check the last option I don't have a database, create one for me, which will complete the wizard's
job and let you create the contents.
Email address format: Use the following syntax
to enter addresses:
"The Name" <xyz@anything.com>
or click on the button adjacent to the text field to use the 'Email Address
Formatter'.
Empty mailing project:
This option bypasses the wizard and lets you directly generate the project
folder, default milset.vbs and .mil files. You can specify
later the content files and data source you want to use.
