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Using Civi 4.1.3 on Drupal 7. Went into civicrm.settings.php and enabled smarty: define( 'CIVICRM_MAIL_SMARTY', 1 );

In the email, included the following smarty code:
{if {contact.first_name} eq ''}Dear Friend,{else}Dear {contact.first_name},{/if}

The preview shows correctly. I enter an email address with no first name that's in the database and click the Send Test Mail button, and then I get an Error 500 Internal Server Error. If I disable smarty in civimail, the send test works, but then doesn't parse the smarty if logic.

Any ideas?