export email list

[jsheflin]

Hey,

I can't find this explicitly in any of the posts, apologies if I missed it.

I just want to export email addresses and names in a .txt or .csv file from specific groups. I can't seem to get export to do this, and I can't get the reports to be simple enough.

Thanks in advance

 

[GLComputing]

What version of ACT!?
Why do you want to export the email addresses?

Regards,
Mike Lazarus
ACT! Evangelist
GL Computing, Aust

http://www.GLComputing.com.au

 

[jsheflin]

ACT 6 and I'd like just the email and name.

I just can't seem to get it out cleanly so I can use it in a script. Is there any way to set up a weekly dump of this (once I can get it going)?

thanks

 

[GLComputing]

From ACT! 6, you can export the Email Login field... I think that will give you the address.

If looking at doing large mass=emails, you really should have a look at downloading MergeMaster! from

http://www.glcomputing.com.au/main/15/2

Regards,
Mike Lazarus
ACT! Evangelist
GL Computing, Aust

http://www.GLComputing.com.au

 

[jsheflin]

OK, I hate to sound daft, but exactly how do I do that?

I know there is the export option, but it never comes out with what I want.

Also, can I set up something automatically, periodically?

 

[GLComputing]

File | Data Exchange | Export

What are you looking at doing with the dta? There may be different options

Regards,
Mike Lazarus
ACT! Evangelist
GL Computing, Aust

http://www.GLComputing.com.au

 

[jsheflin]

well,i want a csv or text of the email address and name so I can fit it into my php script to send periodic updates and messages to various groups

i'd prefer to automate as much as possible, so ideally, act would spit out X group data and Y group data to an email address on my server, which would trigger a script to send out email to X group or Y group

does that make sense?

 

[GLComputing]

You could write something that did that and talk to the ACT! SDK to read the records. There's nothing like that built into ACT!

MergeMaster! might be a solution for you... you can set up profiles and templates and send specific profiles to templates. It will also update the ACT! contact's History with the details.

Regards,
Mike Lazarus
ACT! Evangelist
GL Computing, Aust

http://www.GLComputing.com.au

 

[jsheflin]

ok i'll check out mergemaster and the sdk (im new to act)

meanwhile, could you please tell me how to dump X group's email and name to a csv or text file?

thanks for your time

 

[GLComputing]

File | Data Exchange | Export
Create a Map with the Contact Name and Email Login fields

Regards,
Mike Lazarus
ACT! Evangelist
GL Computing, Aust

http://www.GLComputing.com.au

 

[jsheflin]

aha! create a map must be what i was missing!

thanks again