How to Create & Manage Mailing Lists
Creating a New Mailing List Category
Log into Admin Home on your web site. | |
Click on Advanced Configuration in the Applications box, then click on Codes Maintenance. | |
Select Mailing List Categories from the Select Code Domain drop-down menu. All existing mailing list categories will be listed. |
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Enter the mailing list category code into the New Code field. The mailing list category code is usually an abbreviation of the mailing list category name followed by the date. |
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Enter the mailing list category description into the New Desc field. This is what will be displayed in the Mailing List Category selection when sending an email. |
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Click Add Code to create the mailing list category. | |
You are now ready to import a Mailing List into your new category, by following the instructions below. |
Importing a Mailing List Into Your New Mailing List Category
Open a spreadsheet on your computer. | |
List all email email addresses in separate rows under the first column. | |
Go to File > Save As. | |
Save as type Text (Tab Delimited) (*.txt). | |
Log into Admin Home on your web site. | |
Click on Communications in the Applications box, then click on Mailing List Database Admin. | |
Click Related at the top. | |
Click Import List. | |
Click Choose File in the Upload File box. | |
A pop up window will appear. Find the spreadsheet you created in steps 1-4 and double click it to select it. | |
In the Import File Format box, open the Field Delimiter dropdown menu and select Tab. | |
In the Assign Categories to all incoming Records box, open the Category #1 dropdown menu and select the Mailing List Category that you created. | |
In the Field Mappings: Email Fields box, open the Email Address dropdown menu and select 1. | |
Click Import at the top of the page. Click OK when the confirmation pop up appears. |
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When the processing is complete, click Click Here to Validate. | |
Click Click here for Final Processing. Any invalid email addresses will be displayed on this page. The entry will be imported, but emails will not be sent to the address. |
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Once processing is complete, click Click here to continue. These email addresses are now saved in your Mailing List Database and can be used for future eblasts from your website. |