Email+ supports subscribing, unsubscribing and opting out of groups. When you are editing your email, click General › Subscription sub tab to choose these settings.
NOTE: Wizard skins and ecards automatically support all three of these features. You do not have to do anything to these types of skins. However, if you are creating a custom skin then you have to add a special variable.
Subscribe Feature
In Email+, you can add one or more groups to send emails to. If a group has subscribing turned on, then you can select on the Subscription tab to subscribe to this group. If you are sending to multiple groups, only one of them can be selected for subscribing. Note: in the Group Manager you must make sure you enabled subscribing. Otherwise, you cannot select this group for subscribing. When subscribing you are adding a person to a particular group.
Unsubscribe/Opt-Out Features
You can choose to allow a person to either unsubscribe or opt-out but not both. If you choose the option to unsubscribe then the person will be removed from all the groups that you are sending an email to.
If you chose the Opt Out option, then you have to create an Opt Out group in the Group Manager. You then choose this group on the General > Subscription sub tab. When someone chooses to Opt Out, they are adding themselves to the Opt Out group. These people are removed from any future mailing prior to sending. The people will not be removed from any email groups. When sending future emails, you have to remember to select this Opt Out group.
Creating an Email Opt-Out Group
- In the Groups tool, click Create.
- Select Email Opt-Out as your group type.
- Name your opt-out group. We recommend always starting the group name with the words "Opt Out: " so as not to get it confused with an email distribution group.
- On the Manage tab, you can proactively add members who do not want to receive emails or leave the member list blank.
- In Email+, click General › Subscription sub tab, and in the Unsubscribe section choose the opt-out option.
- Select the opt-out group that you created in the Groups tool. This group contains all the people who will be excluded from your emails. Each time you send an email, make sure to select this group. Web Services will remove anyone in this group prior to sending the email.