How do I get a list of client Email Addresses to Email-blast my clients?

Operating Systems: All
Applies to Versions: DVMAX v7.0 and higher *Note there are different search instructions for different versions of DVMAX


DVMAX v7.0.12 - v8.5

  1. Click on the Section menu and choose Clients & Patients.
  2. Search for Clients & Patients, By General… and click Search.
  3. On the query window, scroll down through Related Tables and select E_Mail_Addr.
  4. In the Comparison box on the right, choose contains.
  5. In the Value box on the bottom, type in a period ( . )
  6. Click Query at the bottom right to begin the search.

DVMAX v8.6 and higher

  1. Click on the Section menu and choose Clients & Patients.
  2. Search for Clients & Patients, By General… and click Search.
  3. On the query window, expand the Find options and select E_Mail_Addr.
  4. In the second pull-down, choose contains.
  5. In the third box, type in a period ( . )
  6. Click Query at the bottom right to begin the search.

 This search is asking the system to look for all clients who have a ‘.’ in their Email Address field. Since a ‘.’ is a unique identifier for any valid email address, we can use this to get our list!

Now that you have your list, the next step is to export the emails and client names so they can be used in your email program.

  1. From the list of clients click the File menu and choose Print.
  2. Choose Custom, then Print again.
  3. A Quick Report Editor window will appear. At the bottom, scroll down through the list of fields and double click anything you wish to export from your list of clients. We recommend:
    • First Name
    • Last Name
    • Email_Addr


  4. Once all fields are selected for your report, go to the File menu and choose Print Destination. Place a check in Disk File by clicking it once.
  5. Go back to the File menu and choose Generate.
  6. The system will prompt you for a location to save the results of the export. Name and save the results as you wish.

The resulting file is a text file and the results are saved as tab delimited. You can import this file into most email programs as an address list, and then email blast that group. Since all email programs are different, we are unable to assist in how you would accomplish this directly. Seek help from your email program, or computer specialist.