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Creating a Newsletter

You can create either an automatic newsletter, which you schedule to send, or a manual newsletter, which you send manually.

To create a newsletter:

  1. Click Newsletter to navigate to the Newsletter Page.
  2. Click New Newsletter.

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  3. Enter the appropriate information.

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    The following table describes the information you enter when you create a newsletter.

Information

Description

Name

Newsletter name, which is internal to your organization and does not appear in the newsletter

Status

One of the following:

  • Active -
  • Inactive -

Channel

Whether to send the newsletter via e-mail or as a text message via SMS

Type

Whether to send the newsletter manually or automatically

Template

Template that provides the base formatting for the newsletter content

Reporting Categories

Categories to assign to the newsletter for reporting purposes

Audience

Target audience for the newsletter

Suppression List

Select the name of a list of addresses to exclude for this newsletter. Lists in the left column are suppressed; the right column lists all available suppression lists.

Available User

Users who can edit this newsletter

Subject

Text that appears as the subject of the newsletter

Allow editing of subject

Check this option to permit editing of the subject

From Name

Text that displays as the e-mail from name for the newsletter

From Address

Text to display as the e-mail from address for the newsletter; select the domain from the drop-down list

Link DNS

DNS used for links in the newsletter

Content Mode

Might include the following, and some additional choices, depending on your organization's configuration:

  • Dual URL - Newsletter includes the content of a Web page or RSS feed
  • Full Content - Newsletter content is manually entered by the editor

HTML URL to Publish

(Available only if you select Dual URL) News feed URL in the HTML version of the newsletter

Text URL to Publish

(Available only if you select Dual URL) News feed URL in the text version of the newsletter

Allow editor to change URL

Check this option to permit the editor to change the URL

Text to determine an error was generated on requested page

Expected error or not found messages generated by the URL to Publish

e-mail address to send notification to

Address where error notifications can be sent

Drop Days

Days that the newsletter is available (manual) or sent (automatic)

Drop Time

Time when newsletter is sent

Proofing

Whether to send proofs after processing, and how long to wait to send the final newsletter

Note: This feature lets you review the newsletter and take manual control if something is incorrect or you want to delay the deployment

Proof Addresses

e-mail addresses to receive proof of newsletter

Send Proof addresses a sample of final mailing

Whether to send a sample of the final newsletter to the proof addresses

See Also

Creating Newsletters

Adding Content to a Newsletter

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