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[SeanKilleen]

@grishmadoshi do you need to actually use template content areas? When I'm doing something as simple as replacing a username, in Mandrill I prefer just using merge tags.

The syntax for a merge tag is opened with *| and closed with |*, so your variable would be along the lines of *|USER_NAME|*.

Then, using Mandrill, you could do something along the lines of:

var mandrill = new MandrillApi("YourApiKeyHere");
var email = new EmailMessage
{ 
          //additional setup here for recipients, etc. 
} 

email.AddRecipientVariable(customerEmail, "USER_NAME", username); 
// where customerEmail is the recipient address, and username is your username variable.

mandrill.SendMessage(email, "mandrill-template-slug-name", null);

The setup worked for me recently when I had to send an outage notice, though I used .AddGlobalVariable() to keep it simple because I was sending the same variables for each recipient at that point.

[Ed. Note: edited to use "merge tags", which is the correct term, instead of "template variables", which was a term I made up.]

[SeanKilleen]

I added a Wiki article on using Merge Tags with the wrapper that can hopefully serve as a reference going forward.

Given that, it might be worth closing this as an issue as it's a few months old.

@grishmadoshi, if you still encounter a problem, you may want to comment here or form a new issue.