Can i use the 'Record' feature in Applescript editor to automate bulk mail

Hi,
Is it possible to use the 'Record' feature of the Applescript editor to create a script that will automatically copy a website address into a new email message and then send that email message to everyone in my Friends category from the Address Book.
I want to do this because I want to alert my friends to changes on my website once a week, but I don't want to have to sit and type out the email and copy the website address and everything like that. So I was thinking I could do it with one click using Applescript.
Is that right and how dangerous is it. Like if i somehow manage to mess up the script can I just delete it and start again without causing any damage to my Mac
Thanks
Jason

JayTelford wrote:
Hi,
Is it possible to use the 'Record' feature of the Applescript editor to create a script that will automatically copy a website address into a new email message and then send that email message to everyone in my Friends category from the Address Book.
I want to do this because I want to alert my friends to changes on my website once a week, but I don't want to have to sit and type out the email and copy the website address and everything like that. So I was thinking I could do it with one click using Applescript.
Is that right and how dangerous is it. Like if i somehow manage to mess up the script can I just delete it and start again without causing any damage to my Mac
Thanks
Jason
Perhaps I should make myself more clear what I want to do.
I want to do the following.
1: Open Mail
2: Create a new email message
3: Set the recipients from my contact group "Friends" so that everyone in my my 'Friends" contact group will receive the email
4: Set the subject as: "Check out these great new updates to my site"
4: Set the body of the mail message as follows:
Hi There,
Thanks to you all for subscribing to these updates. Here are this weeks updates from Jason's Online Mag. [website address]
Regards
Jason Telford
http;//web.me.com/jasongtelford
5: Send the email
Am I correct in thinking that I will need to use Automator and schedule the automation to run a script as per a weekly iCal event.
If this is correct, then how would I do that. Can I use the 'Record' feature of Automator and the Applescript Editor, to create the automation and the script. I am new to doing this kind of thing so I am unsure of the procedure for accomplishing the task I described above automatically.
Also I should apologise for not making my original post clearer.
Regards
Jason
Message was edited by: JayTelford> Corrected a spelling error

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