Part 5: Mailings (part 3 of 4)

Approval

Approving a message means verifying that the message is acceptable and ready to send, and either sending it immediately or scheduling it to be sent at later time. There are two methods to approve a message: via the web interface or via email.

Approving via the web interface

1. Select the Mailings tab.

2. Select Approval.

3. Select Need Approval to view a list of mailings that need approval, which can be sent, tested, copied, edited or deleted. The Approval Wizard can be accessed from this page as well.

4. Or select Approval Wizard to go directly through the approval process.

5. Click on the ID number next to a particular message, or on the approval wizard button to review it.

6. Select Send Now to send it immediately. Or, you may test the mailing, or schedule it to be sent at a future time:

   

   Please note that there will only be messages waiting to be approved if you have your list set up that way. If not, messages just go right through, without your approval.

7. To view a list of all lists that have messages pending approval, click Approval Summary from the main Mailings: Approval menu. From here, mailings can be approved directly via the Approval wizard:

   

Approving via email

If you approve mailings yourself (recommended for security reasons), you will receive a modification notification from Lyris ListManager for any messages sent to the list via email. The message you receive will contain the following (with a different number code; this is just an example):

login yourpassword
moderate approve 16189

To approve this message reply, delete everything up to where it says "login" and replace yourpassword with your password.

To reject the message put your password above the "moderate reject..." line, instead of the approval command.

Note: Do not replace "login" with your name or anything, just replace yourpassword with your password above either the "approve" or "reject" command. Your response will look something like this:

login yourpassword
moderate approve 16189

or

login yourpassword
moderate reject 16189

Note that the number above is just an example; the numbers in the messages you receive will always be different. You will receive a message from Lyris ListManager confirming the message was either accepted or rejected.

What's next?

• Continue learning about Mailings (part 4 of 4)
• Skip to Part 6: Reports
• Return to the Getting Started main page