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Subscription List/s [ID] This is where you define the default settings for your List, information required on this screen is explained in depth here The [ID] column shows the ID of this list (this number is used when you setup subscription forms on your web site and make a call to the subscribeEngine.cfm custom tag. Current Messages This column displays the number of current messages and a link [ View ] to click to go directly to view these messages Create New Message Clicking the [New] link will lead to the New Message creation screen to create a new message for broadcasting to this Subscription List Active Subscribers Clicking the icon will take you to the Subscribers administration screen, where you can view/update/remove/add/import current subscribers to this list. The number beside this icon is the current number of subscribers currently subscribed to this list * This column may also have both of the following icons - they have the following actions associated with them When your list has bounced subscribers flagged this icon will appear and clicking it will remove all bounced subscribers regardless of bounce reason. When your list has bounced subscribers flagged this icon will also appear and it provides you more selective power in cleaning up your list of these bounced subscribers. Clicking this icon will open a new window with the ability to selectively delete subscribers that are flagged as bounced in your list. Once this window is open full instructions for its use are provided. Removed Subscribers Clicking the icon will take you to the Removed Subscribers administration screen. When a subscriber un subscribes form your list they are removed form the active subscribers table and subsequently from receiving any further messages that are broadcast. As an added feature these subscribers are still maintained in a removed subscribers list that you can refer to. The number beside this icon is the current number of subscribers currently removed from this list Groups Clicking this icon will take you to the new subscriber groups screen, this screen is explained further here. The subscribers groups provides a new powerful feature enabling you to create a sub-group or subset of your existing subscription list, essentially enabling you if you wish to send out a broadcast to a subset of your subscriber list should you wish instead of being restricted to sending your broadcast to your entire subscriber list only. Thesis provides you with many powerful options for use. Get Mail (*PLEASE NOTE THIS MAY TAKE A WHILE TO COMPLETE*) Clicking the icon will cause the system to log into your Pop mail server with the login details you have defined in your List Setup screen After successfully logging into the system will perform a list of sophisticated functions. These include retrieving all messages on the system and then searching these message for "unsubscribe" or "subscribe" requests. In addition to this the system will also perform a search on these messages and determine what messages have bounced back to the system form a previous broadcast mailing. If a bounced message is found then the subscriber's email address is purged from the email and matched to the subscriber list for a match, if it is found to be a current subscriber then this subscriber will be flagged in the system as have been bounced (message undeliverable). When viewing the subscriber list it will be signified by the icon. The wonderful work that the system performs does not stop there, it also logs the date and time of the bounce in a bounce log so if you choose not to remove the subscriber from the active list on an initial bounce you may quickly view on subsequent message broadcasts if this same email address bounced again. The log is maintained and updated each time you click the Get Mail icon. * It is important to note that a lot of work is going on here to achieve the above actions and depending on how much mail may be on the Server at the time you run this function and the resources you have available on the Coldfusion Server running this application this process may take a while to complete. Do not close the window until the process has completed. Once completed the mail is deleted from the pop server

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Auto Responder Messages Clicking the [New] link will take you to a screen similiar to the create new message screen where you can create an auto responder message for your list. Auto Responder messages (if present) are sent to subscribers who subscribe or unsubscribe successfully from your list via any web page on your site that activates the subscription process by using the supplied "subscribeEngine.cfm" custom tag. You can create a message for subscription requests and a separate message for un-subscribe requests. Manual Pop Mail Box Check This is added here for convenience to perform a manual pop mail box check for this list, this duplicates the same operation as the icon in the main view does Create Mailbox Check Scheduled Task Click the icon to create a scheduled task on your ColdFusion Server to check your mailbox regularly for bounces, subscribe and unsubscribe requests. Once you have clicked this icon it will change to signifying that this task is now active and there is no need to click this again, also it will not be necessary to click the manual get mail icon (). To de-activate this task at any time simply click this icon again, it will be deactivated and reflect thesis change by showing the inactive icon once again. Export Subscribers Click the icon to export this lists subscribers entire list. A (.csv) file will be created and once ready you will be provided with a download link to download the file. Fields that are exported are Email Address, First Name, Last Name, Date Subscribed to List. * Note on linux installations the admin/export directory must have appropriate read/write permissions set otherwise this function will fail as it uses cffile to write the file to this directory for downloading. Import a list of Subscribers Click the icon to import a group of subscribers into this list, currently supported import methods are pasting the entire list of subscribers (one per line) into the provided text box on the import screen or importing a pre-formatted .csv file. (the file must be formatted into exact columns a sample is provided for download to view appropriate format) * Note on linux installations the admin/import directory must have appropriate read permissions set otherwise this function will fail as it uses cffile to read the uploaded file, also cffile will fail at attempting to upload/write the file to the server for reading. List Administrators Clicking the [View] link will lead to the administration screen for adding/viewing/updating/removing users who have rights to access this administration section for your Subscription List Delete All Current Subscribers Clicking the icon will permanently delete all subscribers from your list - be advised this action CANNOT BE REVERSED and all subscribers for this list will be lost!

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