
#Bulk mailings update#
That group will never update based on the search criteria. If you don't want to create a hidden smart group, you can instead select all the records with the checkbox on the top of each page and then use NNN Selected records only, which will create a non-smart group with those contacts. Members of the hidden smart group will be updated based on the search criteria at the time the mailing is submitted. If you select All NNN records in search results and then send these contacts a mailing from the Actions dropdown menu, you are creating a hidden smart group. So if you send a mailing to a smart group, the list of recipients will be set based on the smart group criteria when the mailing is scheduled and won't be updated when the mailing is actually sent. Even if the mailing is scheduled for a month in the future, the list of recipients won't change after it has been scheduled. When you submit a mailing, the list of recipients is set based on which contacts are members of the mailing's groups at that moment. Choosing recipients: When mailing recipients are set ¶ People who have unsubscribed are excluded from those future mailings. YouĬould then add that Group to other future mailings to ensure that the One and call it something like "Miscellaneous Mail Unsubscribes". Unsubscribe Group for a mailing you're planning, you may want to create If you do not already have a Group that would be appropriate for the To choose that as your Unsubscription Group. Group called Event Alerts, so for this mailing, you would probably want

Your organisation stores its event email list in a This is the search that is theīasis of the mailing. You do a search for new contacts via Search >Ĭustom Search > Date Added to CiviCRM. People to your database in the last week and you want to send them anĮvent announcement. SeveralĮmails have already gone out about it, but you have added many new Include these contacts you should include the relevant Group.)įor example: Your organization is having a big event next week. Search criteria will not be included in the mailing. In other words,Ĭontacts who are in the Unsubscription Group but do not match your Only it does not supply any contacts to the mailing. The Unsubscription Group you designate collects unsubscribe information This is true whether they were originally a member of the Group or not. This Group and therefore not receive any more emails sent to this group. The unsubscription link in this mailing, they will be unsubscribed from That contact will not be sent the mailing. Here's how it works: If a contact who matches your search results isĪlready unsubscribed from the Unsubscription Group that you designate, Have this built-in way to track who has unsubscribed, so you need to

However, mailings sent to search results do not Time a mass email is sent to that Group, anyone who has unsubscribed Mailings sent to Groups have this capacity built-in. A simple unsubscribe process is required by law in many countriesĪnd may help prevent your mailings from being treated as spam. Here's why: Every mass mailing needs a way to track unsubscribe Required to choose a Group from the Unsubscription Group dropdown menu. Mailing are independent of how your recipients are chosen, however there is one There are two ways to select the recipients for your mass mailing: sending toĮxisting Groups or sending to search results. Choosing recipients: Groups versus search results ¶ These benefits will be discussed later first we will deal withĬreating and sending a mass mailing. To your mailing, process bounces, and allow people to unsubscribe from Using the Mailings functionality offered by CiviMail provides manyīenefits over the Send Email activity, allowing you to track respondents Example: Create a Soft Credit Search and DisplayĮxample: Create a filterable public Membership List with Logo GridĮxample: Create a List of Donor Members to InviteĬhoosing recipients: Groups versus search resultsĬhoosing recipients: When mailing recipients are set
