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Mail Merge Add-on: Airtable and Gmail Paul_K
Oct 13
Hey there,
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We built a Mail Merge add-on for Airtable. Check it out!
Oct 17 You can send personalized emails based on information in your base. It’s open-source (< 30 lines of Python), so you can edit how the entire add-on works yourself too. Here’s how to enable it: Step 1 Install Blockspring Scripts for Chrome. Step 2 Go to a base. You might need to refresh the page once you get there if you just installed the extension. Step 3 Click the icon in the bottom left to open the scripts editor.
Step 4 Import the “Mail merge” template.
Step 5 Wait for the template to install. This may take a bit the first time.
Step 6 Sign in with Gmail.
Step 7 Close the editor then click on mail_merge in your base.
Step 8 Fill out the form! You’ll need to select a column of emails, enter a subject line, and then write your email template (check out the video below for examples - it uses the mustache library). Here’s a video showing how the add-on works. Enjoy! And shoot us some feedback once you get a chance to try it out. PS - if you want to change the code behind the add-on, just click back on the icon and edit away.
Mail merge / webmerge
Katherine_Duh Airtable
Oct 13
Quick point of clarification: this service is neither officially endorsed nor vetted by Airtable. Airtable cannot vouch for the security credentials of this third-party service, and if you choose to make use of this service, you do so at your own risk. Please be careful when potentially exposing your Airtable data to third-party services, especially if you are using Airtable to store sensitive information.
Sam_Gray
Thank you for this clarification - so would you recommend the csv/google sheets method?