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Your Question is pretty similar to this thread, I think you will find both answers to that thread pretty relevant to your question.

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Re: Re: Replacing a [TAG] in a Email Template
by zby (Vicar) on Apr 18, 2003 at 19:18 UTC
    Yeah - the problem seems to be identical. I would like just to add that Template Toolkit has a database plugin.
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Re: Re: Replacing a [TAG] in a Email Template
by lisaw (Beadle) on Apr 18, 2003 at 22:30 UTC
    I figured it out. I just had to reset the template to its original layout by re-opening the template after sending each email. 
                     print MAIL $sendthis, "\n";
                 close (MAIL);

open (FILE, "$datadir/sendme.txt") || &error_message("Can't file temp 
+file for sending mail - $datadir/sendme.txt.");
$sendthis = <FILE>;
close(FILE);
                 }
         }

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      Instead of re-reading your template file each time (remember - disk I/O is expensive), read the template once and then manipulate a copy for each email you send. Take a look at the following (very rough code)...

      $sendthis = <FILE>;
foreach my $mailrecord (@list_of_addresses_and_names_etc) {
  my $msg = $sendthis;
# manipulate the $msg and send
}

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