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| 4 | == Sending Email to our Members == |
| 5 | |
| 6 | * Click Mailings -> New Mailing |
| 7 | * Give the mailing a name. This will not be visible to the members, but will be visible to CiviCRM users |
| 8 | * Choose at least one Group to send the email to. Your primary options are: |
| 9 | * Member Contacts: Billing - all control panel contacts that receive membership dues invoices (relatively small group) |
| 10 | * Member Contacts: Tech - all control panel contacts that are labelled as a tech contact (relatively small group) |
| 11 | * Member Contacts: General - all control panel contacts, regardless of their label (a little bigger) |
| 12 | * Member Contacts: User - all email addresses associated with a membership in the database (very big list) |
| 13 | * Member Contacts: ALL - the combination of all the member contacts (the biggest list) |
| 14 | * Click Next |
| 15 | * Privacy page: I suggest disabling all tracking since it can conflict with our privacy focus |
| 16 | * Compose the message subject and body. Only fill out the HTML Format body (the text body will be auto-generated). |
| 17 | * Include the default Mailing Footer, which contains opt out links |
| 18 | * Next page: send yourself a test message and read it carefuly for mistakes |
| 19 | * Next page: send immediately (it will go out with 5 - 10 minutes) |
47 | | * Click Mailings -> New Mailing |
48 | | * Give the mailing a name. This will not be visible to the members, but will be visible to CiviCRM users |
49 | | * Choose at least one Group to send the email to. Your primary options are: |
50 | | * Member Contacts: Billing - all control panel contacts that receive membership dues invoices (relatively small group) |
51 | | * Member Contacts: Tech - all control panel contacts that are labelled as a tech contact (relatively small group) |
52 | | * Member Contacts: General - all control panel contacts, regardless of their label (a little bigger) |
53 | | * Member Contacts: User - all email addresses associated with a membership in the database (very big list) |
54 | | * Member Contacts: ALL - the combination of all the member contacts (the biggest list) |
55 | | * Click Next |
56 | | * Privacy page: I suggest disabling all tracking since it can conflict with our privacy focus |
57 | | * Compose the message subject and body. Only fill out the HTML Format body (the text body will be auto-generated). |
58 | | * Include the default Mailing Footer, which contains opt out links |
59 | | * Next page: send yourself a test message and read it carefuly for mistakes |
60 | | * Next page: send immediately (it will go out with 5 - 10 minutes) |