Merging to e-mail is a process which can be used to help the instructor communicate with students. Two possible ways this process can be used in education are: to update students on their grades and to conduct research. This paper first discusses reasons for using e-mail in education and then goes on to describe how to create a merge to e-mail system. Discussion includes an overview of the system; creating the spreadsheet; creating the Word document; editing the document and inserting merge fields; merging the document; sending the document; and advanced features for targeting special groups. (AEF)