Newsletter campaign details: Newsletter

In the table you can see all the newsletters of the current campaign. The symbols have the following meanings:
Table 16: Newsletter status

Icon
Description
Newsletter not yet sent
Newsletter not yet sent, sending scheduled, send date has been entered.
Newsletter has been sent, modifications are no longer possible.
You can however still duplicate the newsletter.

The following symbols supplement the status symbols and apply to the send date:
Table 17: Send date symbols

Icon
Description
No send date has been entered. The newsletter has not yet been sent.
The planned send date has been entered.
The date when the newsletter was sent is displayed.

Click the ID to access the details of the newsletter.
This table can also be sorted by column. For more details, see Sorting in column, above.
You can run batch processing actions to process the table entries. For an introduction to this, see Batch processes in tables, above. The following actions can be performed:
Table 18: Batch processing commands for newsletters

Command
Comment
Duplicate
Make a copy of the specified newsletter with all settings and information under a new name,
with the exception of send date and the list of recipients
Delete
 

To create a new newsletter, follow the instructions found in Tables, above. Save your entries by clicking Save. Open the detail view to edit the information as described in Newsletter details - General, below.

Newsletter details - General

Here you can enter the content for the newsletter, and lay out the text. You can also enter all the other information required for distribution.
The various fields have the following meanings:
Table 19: Parameters for newsletter details

Field name
Description
Field type
Example
ID
 
Entry field, alphanumeric
CategoryImport
Name
 
Entry field, alphanumeric
Category Import
Use HTML
The newsletter will be sent to the recipients in HTML format.
Yes - all formatting information will be included
No - the newsletter will be sent as an unformatted text.
In the text format, all HTML commands will appear as text.
Option button
 
Subject
The default setting is the standard subject for the campaign
Entry field, alphanumeric
Category import available
Text
Newsletter content
For more on formatting, see Working with text fields, above.
For more information, see Creating the newsletter content, below.
Text field
 
Sender Name
Together with the sender's e-mail address, this comprises an extended e-mail address:
e.g. Admin <bbo@providerxyz.com>;
The default setting is the standard entry for the campaign
Entry field, alphanumeric
Admin
Sender e-mail
The default setting is the standard entry for the campaign
Entry field, alphanumeric
bbo@providerxyz.com
Mailing date
Planned date for the newsletter to be mailed automatically;
Use the calendar function to enter the date in the correct format.
Date/Time field
10.04.2005 08:30
Date sent
Displays when the newsletter was sent. This does not apply to the test e-mail.
Display
 
Test e-mail
Recipient e-mail address for a test newsletter. The addresses themselves are entered in the general details for the corresponding newsletter campaign; see Newsletter campaign details: General, above
Start sending the test e-mail by clicking the button Send test e-mail
 
test@providerxyz.com

Save your entries by clicking Save.
Creating the newsletter content
The contents of the newsletter are edited in the Text field. For more on formatting, see Working with text fields, above. After creating a newsletter, you will have the following basic settings for the contents. See Figure 8.
Figure 8: Basic settings for newsletter contents
Using the placeholder to the right of the Text field, you can personalize your newsletter and address the recipients directly. This accesses the information stored in the table of addressees; see Newsletter campaign details: Addressees, below.
To insert a placeholder into the text, position the cursor on the place in question and click the placeholder you wish to use. The placeholder will be inserted at the cursor position and replaced with the required information when the newsletter is sent.
Save your entries by clicking Save.
Sending a newsletter
The newsletter can be sent in two ways:
After the newsletter has been sent with either method, the corresponding data can no longer be changed and the newsletter cannot be sent again.

Newsletter details – Recipients

This overview lists all the recipients to whom the newsletter was sent. This includes all customers who are entered as addressees for the campaign and who have the subscribed status.
This table can also be sorted by column. For more details, see Sorting in column, above.