Note: The Contacts database template has been updated over the last few years. These instructions refer to the latest version of the template available for download.

You can use the EMailDatabaseObject macro action in Access desktop databases to include the specified Access datasheet, form, report, or module in an electronic mail message, where it …

Excel spreadsheets and Outlook contact lists are the most common data sources, but any database that you can connect to Word will work. If you don't yet have a data source, you can …

Access guides you through creating a data collection form and sending the form in an e-mail message. When your e-mail recipients return the completed forms, you can choose to have …

If you don't want to copy a SharePoint list into your Access database, but instead want to run queries and generate reports based on the contents of that list, you can link to the data.

Create and send personalized email messages to everyone on your address list with mail merge.

Use the Collecting Data Using E-Mail Options dialog box to view and change the options that control how Access processes replies to a data collection e-mail message. The settings apply …

You can send an Access object through email in a variety of formats. For example, you can email a report to a user as a PDF file or a query to a distribution list as an Excel workbook.

A contact list is a collection of email addresses and is useful for sending email to a group of people. If you want more robust functionality with your contact list, consider creating a Group …

Note: You also can sort or filter the list to make it easier to find names and addresses. For more info, see Sort the data for a mail merge or Filter the data for a mail merge.