Overview
This article describes how to configure and manage an Announcement List.
Prerequisites
Announcement Lists are not supported with a Shared Starter plan. Your domain must be Fully Hosted before you can use an Announcement List.
How to configure and manage an Announcement List
The following sections explain how to configure, edit, and make further changes to an Announcement List.
Configuring the list
- Navigate to the Announcement Lists page.
- Click the Add New Announcement List button.
- Enter the following:
- Email address of the list: the email you want to create as the list email. Also, make sure that the dropdown menu to the right is populated with the domain you want the list to be created under.
- From name: the name of your list or newsletter.
- Default Announcement Subject: This is an optional field where you can enter the subject of your message.
- Unsubscribe Directions: This notice appears at the bottom of each announcement you send off in case the user no longer wishes to receive this email. HTML code entered here is rendered properly. However, make sure to check the Is this HTML? checkbox on the final page when sending.
- When complete, click the Create This List button at the bottom of the page.
Editing the list
- Navigate to the Announcement Lists page.
- Click the Edit button to the right of the list. The edits page opens, allowing you to make your adjustments.
- Make your changes to the list. There are only a few fields that can actually be changed after clicking the Edit button for the list, including:
- From Name
- Default Announcement Subject
- Unsubscribe Directions
- Remove Bad Addresses
- All of the URL fields
- Click the Edit Announcement List button to save your changes.
You cannot change the list name after it's been created. You must delete it and create a new list with the new name.
Removing bad addresses
After you create the list and click the Edit button, a new option titled Remove Bad Addresses appears. Here, you can choose to remove email addresses from your list after a specific number of bounces. You can also set it to Never, so no address is ever removed.