Public Function SendEMail()

Dim db As DAO.Database
Dim MailList As DAO.Recordset
Dim MyOutlook As Outlook.Application
Dim MyMail As Outlook.MailItem
Dim Subjectline As String
Dim BodyFile As String
Dim fso As FileSystemObject
Dim MyBody As TextStream
Dim MyBodyText As String

Set fso = New FileSystemObject

' First, we need to know the subject.

' We can’t very well be sending around blank messages...

Subjectline$ = "New Assignment"

'InputBox$("Please enter the subject line for this mailing.", _
"We Need A Subject Line!")

' If there’s no subject, call it a day.

If Subjectline$ = "" Then
MsgBox "No subject line, no message." & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & _
"Quitting...", vbCritical, "E-Mail Merger"
Exit Function
End If

' Now we need to put something in our letter...

'BodyFile$ =

'InputBox$("Please enter the filename of the body of the message.", _
"We Need A Body!")

' If there’s nothing to say, call it a day.

'If BodyFile$ = "" Then
'MsgBox "No body, no message." & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & _
'"Quitting...", vbCritical, "I Ain’t Got No-Body!"
'Exit Function
'End If

' Check to make sure the file exists...
'If fso.FileExists(BodyFile$) = False Then
'MsgBox "The body file isn’t where you say it is. " & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & _
'"Quitting...", vbCritical, "I Ain’t Got No-Body!"
'Exit Function
'End If

' Since we got a file, we can open it up.
'Set MyBody = fso.OpenTextFile(BodyFile, ForReading, False, TristateUseDefault)

' and read it into a variable.
MyBodyText = "You just had a new task assigned to you."

'MyBody.ReadAll

' and close the file.
'MyBody.Close

' Now, we open Outlook for our own device..
Set MyOutlook = New Outlook.Application

' Set up the database and query connections

Set db = CurrentDb()

Set MailList = db.OpenRecordset("MyEmailAddresses")

' now, this is the meat and potatoes.
' this is where we loop through our list of addresses,
' adding them to e-mails and sending them.

' This creates the e-mail

Set MyMail = MyOutlook.CreateItem(olMailItem)

Do Until MailList.EOF

' This addresses it

MyMail.Recipients.Add MailList("email")

'This gives it a subject
MyMail.Subject = Subjectline$

'This gives it the body

MyMail.Body = MyBodyText

'If you want to send an attachment
'uncomment the following line

'MyMail.Attachments.Add "c:myfile.txt", olByValue, 1, "My Displayname"

' To briefly describe:
' "c:myfile.txt" = the file you want to attach
'
' olByVaue = how to pass the file. olByValue attaches it, olByReference creates a shortcut.
' the shortcut only works if the file is available locally (via mapped or local drive)
'
' 1 = the position in the outlook message where to attachment goes. This is ignored by most
' other mailers, so you might want to ignore it too. Using 1 puts the attachment
' first in line.
'
' "My Displayname" = If you don’t want the attachment’s icon string to be "c:myfile.txt" you
' can use this property to change it to something useful, i.e. "4th Qtr Report"

'This sends it!

'MyMail.Send

'Some people have asked how to see the e-mail
'instead of automaticially sending it.
'Uncomment the next line
'And comment the "MyMail.Send" line above this.

MyMail.Display

'And on to the next one...
MailList.MoveNext

Loop

'Cleanup after ourselves

Set MyMail = Nothing

'Uncomment the next line if you want Outlook to shut down when its done.
'Otherwise, it will stay running.

'MyOutlook.Quit
Set MyOutlook = Nothing

MailList.Close
Set MailList = Nothing
db.Close
Set db = Nothing

End Function