I can't tell from test email will it show names

I wanted emails to go out with the names then email in the to field. With the test it only seems to have sent emails with no names. I have a field for each, first name, last name(in my soon to be used database) and email and on the test list set up it asked for first last and email I thought it would send this way. Can anyone tell me how to get it personal by putting it in the to field?

Thanks from a total newbie.

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Permalink Reply by Judd Lillestrand on March 31, 2009 at 8:00am: Hi Erin,

This is a great question! I've copy and pasted an answer from our Knowledge Base:

"You may personalize your email anywhere in the email body or subject in both the HTML and Text versions of your message. When you place a "Merge Field" into an email your recipients will see appropriate value associated with their record in the list.

For example you might personalize your greeting to say "Dear Bob" using the merge field {FIRST_NAME} like so - Dear {FIRST_NAME},

As long as your list has data in the first name field this data will appear to the recipient in the mail message they receive. If the field is blank then nothing will display. To circumvent this you may assign a defalut value by inserting a "|" character followed by default text like so - Dear {FIRST_NAME|Reader},. Using this syntax a recipient would see "Dear Reader," if their first name field were blank in the list.

To see a full list of the Merge Fields in your list go to your list and click the "Customize List" link."

For more on the Knowledge Base:

http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-71176245/cmd/kbresource/kb-43...!PAGETYPE

Cheers,

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Permalink Reply by Erin O'Bryan on March 31, 2009 at 8:11am: I knew I could do the merge fields within the body but didn't see it for the subject line, So it will not send in the to: field with their name and then the mailto.; ▶ Reply to This