How to put variables such as username, date etc?

Newbie Joined: Feb 18, 2008 Posts: 1

I want to put the username in the htm field of "Newsletter text".
For example:
Dear username,
...
Date/Time
I tried using php like so:
<?php echo $username; ?> but obviously it doesn't work.
I tried looking here : http://wiki.montegoscripts.com/w/HTML_Newsletter:_Create_Templates#Variables
but to no avail.
Please respond as soon as you can. Very Happy

Thanks

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 881

Unfortunately, I don't even think {USERNAME} will work properly. There is no way currently available to do this. It was on my "list" for 1.4, but have had to table all development for now. Hopefully I can pick it up again in a few months.