1 Easiest way I find to test this is to...
5 a) install fakemail and run it
6 b) tools->options->writer->mail merge email
11 a) type some text into writer that will exercise utf-8, e.g. "Caolán's test"
12 b) tools->mail merge wizard->next->email message->select address book
13 c) create, add one user with your own email address, ok
14 d) next, next, text, send merged document as email
15 e) and test all of plain text, html and the various attachment options
17 fake mail will dump the mail it gets into its pwd, if all that works, you can
18 then try with your own normal mail server.