Creating (standard) mailing lists

Step by step

To create a new mailing list, proceed as follows:

1. On the (Cockpit) main tab, Quick start entry, click the New list button.

   or

   On the (Cockpit) main tab, List overview entry, click the (Create new list) button.

   A dialog box appears.

   

   Field descriptions (‘Create new list’ dialog box)

   Name	Description
   Name	Enter a name for the mailing list. Names for various recipient groups, countries or product lines, among others, could be used as the name.
   Description	Here, you can enter an internal description for the mailing list. This could include additional information such as detailed information about the recipients or the newsletter campaigns that are usually implemented via this mailing list.
   Sender address	Enter the email address that is to be used by default as the sender address for mailings that are sent from this mailing list. The email address defined here is stored in the advanced properties of the mailing list. You can change the sender address in the mailing editor for each individual mailing dispatch.
   Sender name	Enter the sender name here.

2. Specify your settings in the fields.

3. Click Next.

   A dialog box appears.

   

4. In the dialog box, enable the agents that you wish to add to the mailing list.

   Description of the agents

   • A description of the individual agents can be found on the right-hand side of the dialog box. To see the description, click the name of the agent on the left-hand side of the dialog box.
   • When a mailing list is created, the Mailings, Split tests, Recipients, Subscriptions and Properties agents are always present by default. For this reason, these agents cannot be activated or deactivated in the dialog box.
   • You can then add further agents to the mailing list (Adding/deleting additional agents to/from mailing lists).

5. Click Finish.

   

• The newly created mailing list is opened on a tab. It is also added to the list overview.