1)      Click on “Mailing List” from the left navigation menu in your admin area

2)      Click on “Add New Mailing List”

3)      Fill out the form on the next page and then click on “Submit” at the bottom of the

       page.  For help on what to type into the various fields, see below:

List Name: Enter the name of your Mailing List

From Email: Enter the email address that you would like in the from field of the email that your customer recieves.

Reply To Email: Enter the email address that you would like your customer to use for replies to a mailing.

Notification Email: Enter the email address where you would like to be notified on when your customers signup for this Mailing List.

Send Notification: (Yes or No) You can select whether or not you would like to be notified when someone signs up for this Mailing List.

Use for Page Registration: (Yes or No) You can leave this at the default setting.

Allow Unconfirmed Emails: (Yes or No) This will send an email to the customer signing up for the mailing list. Once they recieve it they will have the ability to click on a link to confirm them on your mailing list. If you have it set to No, it will not send clients any mailings until they confirm themselves on your list. This is suggested to use to prevent spam related signups.

Sign Up Request Subject and Email Content: If you have Allow Unconfirmed Emails set to No, you can fill out the subject and body of the Email that they will recieve requesting them to confirm their sign up.

Sign Up Confirm Subject and Email Content: If you have Allow Unconfirmed Emails set to No, you can fill out the subject and body of the Email that you will recieve back letting you know that someone confirmed that they want to be apart of your mailing list.

Note:Press the Submit button when finished filling out all required fields.

Note:In most cases you will use the same email address for the From and Reply To Email Fields.

4)      Click on “Add Page” from the main navigation menu in the admin area

5)      Click on “Mailing List”

6)      Add a Page Title and click “Add Page”

7)      Fill out the “Mail List Settings” form and then click “Submit” at the bottom of the

       page.  For help on filling out the various fields, see below:

a.    Confirmation Page: Here you can select a page from your site that your customer will be redirected to once they have submitted their submission.  We recommend you leave this as “Default Message”

b.    Mailing List: If you have more than one mailing list, you can select which mailing list to associate with this Mailing List page.

c.    First Name Required: If you choose yes, then the customer will be required to fill in their first name in the form, prior to submitting.  If you choose no here, then the customer will be able to submit the form without entering their first name.

d.    Last Name Required: If you choose yes, then the customer will be required to fill in their last name in the form, prior to submitting.  If you choose no here, then the customer will be able to submit the form without entering their last name.

e.    Address Required: If you choose yes, then the customer will be required to fill in their address in the form, prior to submitting.  If you choose no here, then the customer will be able to submit the form without entering their address.

8)       At this point, you have successfully setup a Mailing List on your site, which your

       customers can signup for from your website itself

9)      To send out an e-mail to the subscribers on your mailing list, you will need to do the

       following:

a.        Click on “Mailing List” from the left navigation menu in your admin  

        area.  Next, click on the link that says “Subscriber List” (next to the   

        appropriate mailing list for which this e-mail is being sent from)

 b.      At this point, you have two choices.  You can send an e-mail to selected

        subscribers or to all subscribers (See Below):

      i.      Sending to Selected Subscribers: Using the check boxes on the left of the subscriber name you can mark certain subscribers and then use the bottom button for Send Mail to Selected Subscribers.

       ii.      Sending to All Subscribers: To send an e-mail to everyone on your Subscriber List, you will need to click on the “Send Mail to Selected Subscribers” button and then fill out the form to send them the e-mail.

IMPORTANT NOTE: In the section that says “Draft?:”, please select “Send Email to All Subscribers” from the two choices given.

    c.       For help on filling out the various fields on the Send Mail form, please   

           see below:

a)      Return Email Address:By default the email address currently setup in your mailing list will be used as the return email address. You also have the ability to edit this return address.

b)      Subject:Fill out the subject of your email.

c)      Message Body:Fill out the Body of your email.

d)      Type:Format Choice:(HTML or Plain Text). Choose the format of your email that is being sent. HTML will support additional formating, links, etc.

e)      Draft:You have the choice to test by sending a draft to your own specified email address or to continue to Send to All Subscribers.

f)        Send Date:Format:(mm/dd/yyyy). If your leave the date field blank it will send the mailing immediately

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you choose to send out your mailing immediately, we send the mails out every 15 mins.  Therefore, your mail will go out 15 mins. from the time you initially sent it out.  If you schedule your mailing to go out at a later date, please note that it will go out between 12 - 12:15 a.m on the specified date since 12:00a.m begins that new day.