Update/Send Message
1. This feature enables you to test your message you have created by sending it to an individual email address (this will not broadcast your message to your subscriber list)

2. This powerful feature enables you to quickly copy this entire message (does not include any attachments) to any other list you currently have setup (only those that your login has access to with your administration group)

3. If you are using Internet Explorer 5 or above on Windows then your screen will look like the screen shot above, to further enhance your usability of this feature you can resize the editor viewable area by using the pop-up selections in this menu and click the "Resize Editor" button. You can also toggle the editor status by selecting on or off radio button and clickign the resize editor button

4. The name of your email message/campaign - this is the internal name that the system stores to reference this message. It is not broadcast or emailed when the message is sent.

5. The email message subject, this is the actual subject line of your message - this will appear in the email message each recipient receives.

6. If you have attachment uploaded and attached to this message they will appear in this line, if you wish to delete any of these attachments simply click the checkbox beside the attachment/s you wish to delete and then click the "Update Message" button and the bottom of the screen. If you want to upload and assign an attachment to be sent with this email then add it here by clicking the upload button and locate your attachment on your local drive. Then click the "Update Message" button to perform the upload of this attachment to your "admin/attachments" folder and record this attachment as being part of this message.

7. If you are using Internet Explorer 5 or above on Windows then your screen will look like the screen shot above in this WYSIWYG editor you will be able to quickly create and edit a HTML message visually. If you prefer to create your message in a more full featured editor such as Macromedia Dreamweaver then you can create your message in the editor and paste into this editor directly.

If you have enabled "Personalization variables in Messages" in your list setup then you can add the following variables to your HTML message. *Note if you do not have the above setting enabled in your list setup then the variables placed in your message will not be converted to the expected value.

Currently available variables for Email List Manager 2.5 are:

8. This window (only showed cropped above) is where you will enter the text version of your message if you wish to send a text only or Multi-Part message

- Make any changes you wish to the message - click "Update Message" button
- IF you have no further changes and are ready to send your message click the "Send Message" button at the top of this page