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Send a Message to a Bid Posting Email List

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In this article, you will learn how to send a message to a Bid Posting email list.

 

Send a Message to an Email List

 

  1. Sign in to your website solution:
  2. Navigate to the Bid Postings module:
    The Bid Postings Module on the Module menu's Content tab.
    1. Click the Modules dropdown menu
    2. Select the Content tab
    3. Click the Bid Postings module
  3. Click the View Email Lists button:
    The View Email Lists button takes a user to an alphabetized list of Bid Postings' email lists.
  4. Locate the name of the email list you want to send a message to:
    An example of published Bid Postings's email lists.
  5. Next to the email list's name, click the Choose an Action dropdown menu:
    An email list's Choose an Action menu.
  6. Select Add Item:
    The Add Item option selected on the Choose an Action menu.
  7. Fill in the message's informational fields:
    The informational fields for creating a message.
    • Date to Send: Sets the message to send on a specified date. Enter the date in an mm/dd/yyyy format, such as 10/31/2024
      Note: The message is sent immediately if the Date to Send field is left blank.
    • Time to Send: Sets the message to send at a specified time. Enter the time in a hh:mm format, such as 02:05
      • Select AM or PM from the dropdown menu
    • Sender Name (Required): The name of the email list (or person) that is sending the message
      Note: It's recommended to leave this as the email list's name.
    • Reply Address: The email address where the message's recipients can send replies
    • Email Subject (Required): The email's title
    • Show Archives: Sets whether or not the message's recipients can see previous bid postings for the email list
    • HTML Message (Required): Use the text editor to create and format the message's main content/body
    • Copy HTML to Text: A button that converts the message's HTML formatting into Plain Text
    • Plain Text (Required): The message without any formatting
    • Mobile Text/Push Message (Required): A version of the message sent to mobile devices. There is a 150-character limit
      • Include Link to Item: Adds a link to the full message/item
  8. Select a save option:
    The saving options for Creating a Message.
    • Save: Saves any changes to the message without sending it to the email list
    • Save and Send: Saves any changes to the message, publishes the message, and sends it to the email list
      Note: If a specified Date to Send was added to the message, the Save and Send option saves any changes to the message and publishes it so that the system can automatically send the message on the chosen date.

 

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