Import/Export Addresses in a Subscriber List
- Allow Website visitors to subscribe to your list (only applies to Public lists)
- Add/import email addresses into the system
You may add as many addresses as you would like. Because of the possibility of system latency, it is recommended that you limit yourself to importing addresses in batches of no more than 500 at a time. The total list size, however, may grow as large as you would like.
IMPORTANT NOTE: It is imperative that you only add people to your subscriber list if they have asked to receive email messages from you. This is also called an "opt-in" list. If you add people to your list without their desire or consent, then you run the risk of several things happening:
- Recipients who do not wish to receive your messages will unsubscribe from your list.
- Many intended recipients may not ever see your message if you're not on their list of "safe senders".
- Some recipients may mark your message as unwanted mail or "spam".
- If enough recipients mark your mail as spam (usually 3 to 4%), then you run the risk of being blacklisted. This is a very serious condition which will immediately restrict you from sending any mail to anyone within a certain domain. It is difficult to reverse a blacklisting decision.
During the process of importing or adding addresses, SiteOrganic will automatically discard duplicate addresses. Any illegal addresses (e.g. addresses containing a space, apostrophe, comma, or other illegal character; addresses missing an "@" symbol, etc.) will also be ignored.
To import or add email addresses to a list, do the following:
- Find your list on the Group Email screen (under "Subscriber Lists").
- Click the "View/Edit Subscribers" link.
- On the subscribers screen, you will see two columns.
- The left column displays the current members of your list (if there are any).
- The right column includes fields for you to add or remove subscribers.
- To add new subscribers, type or paste the addresses into the "Add Subscribers" field. the addresses should be separated by a comma (,) or semicolon (;).
- Once you have entered your addresses, click the "Add" button to process the import job.
To export your entire list of subscribers, click the "MS Excel Format" link at the top of the right column. This will generate a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with all of your email addresses. Once this spreadsheet is generated, you may save it to your local computer and use the data for any other purpose you wish.