Before using the Newsletter, enter in all information by clicking the Edit Newsletter Info button. Some default values have already been entered. You can use them or change them to your own wording.
The Email Address Of List Owner will display in the From field when you send out a newsletter message. This address should be an active address that is setup on your hosting account. (If you use an email address that is not setup on your hosting account, the messages may not send out.) It is recommended to check this email address after sending a mailing to the subscriber list. Any messages that were undeliverable will bounce back to this address.
Subscribers are added to the list by submitting their email address on your website. You can also add email addresses into the list by clicking Edit Subscribers and pasting or typing them in. You can also use Edit Subscribers to remove addresses.
Do NOT add subscribers to your list that you do not have permission to add. This is spamming and is illegal.
The newsletter uses a 'double opt in' subscribe process. This means when a person submits their address on your website, they will be sent an email to confirm their subscription. When they click the link in the confirm email, it will add them to your subscriber list.
To send a message to your subscribers click Enter New Message. Select the type of message: Plain Text, HTML, or Plain Text and HTML.
If you select Plain Text, type your message into the Plain Text Message box and leave the HTML box empty. If you select HTML, paste your HTML code into the HTML Message box and leave the Plain Text Message box empty.
If you select Plain Text and HTML, enter the plain text message into it's box and the HTML code into it's box. (Usually, if you send an HTML Message, you would send Plain Text and HTML, in case the subscribers email program can't read HTML, the plain text will be displayed.)
Before sending a message to the subscriber list, it is recommended to click Save and Send Message to List Owner. The message will be saved into the database, and you can then check your email to preview the message.
After checking the message in your email, click the Back button in the database to go back to the message (or you can also get back to the message later by clicking View Unsent Messages. Then select the message in the Edit column, and click Edit/Send This Message).
If you want to send a message at a later date, click Save And Send Message Later You can then find it later by clicking View Unsent Messages.
If you want to send the message to your entire subscriber list, click Save and Send Message to Subscribers. You will see a confirm page. Click Yes Send Message To Subscribers. The message will be sent to all subscribers (One message will be sent every 3 seconds..this will keep the mail server from being overloaded).
You can wait for a Complete message (it will display in red) or click the Continue button (the messages will still be sent). When the mailing has finished you will receive an email at the list owner email address showing the start and complete times of the mailing.
The message that was sent will be put in the sent messages database. You can see all sent messages by clicking View Sent Messages.
Sent messages can be edited and or resent by selecting a message in the Edit column. Then click Edit/Resend As A New Message. This is useful if you have the same HTML code that you want to send every time. You can just edit the message and use the same code for your display. The message sent last will be at the top of the list.
To delete a message (or messages), click View Unsent Messages or View Sent Messages. Then select the message (or messages) in the delete column, and click Delete This Message. Then click Delete Now on the confirm delete page.