Part 5: Mailings (2 of 4)

Sending to your list via email

To send to your list via email, send an email message to yourlistname@yourservername.com (e.g., newsletter@comet.sparklist.net). You will need to approve the message in Mailings: Need Approval before it is sent to your list if your list is moderated.

Test Message Checklist

Test messages are intended for you to review the content of a message prior to sending it out to your list. Your test message will look exactly the way it will when received by other recipients on the list. The following checklist may be helpful when reviewing a test message:
• Examine your test message and make sure it contains everything you wanted, especially if you specified any header or footer text.

• If your list is a discussion list, ask your other testers to respond to the test message and observe the results. Or, respond to it yourself using another account.

• Check and make sure that you've added unsubscribe information to your message. Be sure that it includes the %%email.unsub%% mail merge code. This code creates a unique unsubscribe email address for each member, containing a code which identifies the member to ListManager. You can test it by sending a message to the unsubscribe address indicated. Note that administrators cannot unsubscribe or they will lose their ability to manage the list. Use one of your other test addresses to unsubscribe just to see how it works.

What's next?

• Continue learning about Mailings (part 3 of 4)
• Skip to Part 6: Reports
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