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This feature is not universally availaable. Request Gmail Merge at helpdesk@lehigh.edu
Note that the feature does not appear to be supported in Safari – but works in Edge, Firefox, and Chrome.
Gmail merge options
There are two options for conducting a mail merge in Gmail:
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Step 6. Click Continue to start the process of sending your email.
Comments from testing...
- In initial testing, for whatever reason, the Sheet selected didn't "take" – if this happens check to make sure you are the owner; look at the error message for clues of the problem, e.g, Duplicate entries.
- You cannot send to external email recipients (non-Lehigh email). This feature does not appear to work in Safari, but works in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.
- The mass email feature does not handle Google Drive doc attachments/links; the email displays only the text of the Drive file name.
- The mass email feature will accept links as variables so long as the link begins http:// or https:// – the rendered variable displays as a link in the sent mail.
- The preview message did always work. If you do not get the message, do not refresh the page to check for new email. Refreshing deletes the compose message content.
- When you Send all messages, your sent mail will show the email template, then each individual message.