Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Date: 1997/01/16

>Is there a simple method for mass mailing a la ``mail merge'' of MS
>word in latex under Linux?  I know it should not be very difficult to
>write your own scripts in sed/awk/perl but I am not a programmer.

There are several packages that perform this task. I like and highly recommend mailing package. You can find it on CTAN (finger ctan@ftp.dante.de for the closest mirror to you) in the directory macsros/latex/contrib/supported/mailing. If you want to print envelopes for your letters, take a look at my envlab package (supported/envlab).

Boris