Mailing Lists
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What is a mailing list?
The mailing list is a powerful way to keep in touch with customers, members of an organization or people interested in what you do by sending out newsletters. Visitors interested in receiving updates can sign up to your mailing list from a subscription form on your site. The mailing list administrative interface will let you manage the list of subscribers and easily send messages to thousands of emails. The mailing list comes with an integrated unsubscribe interface that is appended to each message.
You can also use the mailing list functionality to create a members only area on your site by restricting access to pages or select resources only to subscribers.
Will the emails from the mailing lists on my site be used by Mosaic Site Creator or rented out to anyone else?
Definitely not. We do not use, sell, disclose or rent to third parties any of the emails subscribed to Mailing Lists on Mosaic Site Creator user websites. In accordance with Mosaic Site Creator's legal statement we respect and guard the privacy of Mosaic Site Creator users and visitors.
How do I delete a mailing list?
If you delete the mailing list subscription form from the page, the list with current subscribers will remain available in the Mailing Lists Management area until you publish changes. So, in order to delete a mailing list, roll over the Mailing List 
icon and select "Edit > Delete", then Publish the page by pressing the red label 
.
Can I import the email addresses from a mailing list I already have?
Yes, you can import an already available email address list into a Mosaic Site Creator mailing list. In order to easily copy-paste all addresses, modify the format of your current list to be one address per line.
- Add a mailing list to your Mosaic Site Creator website
- Roll over the Control panel
menu and select "Mailing List Management" - Click on the name of the mailing list
- Click on the "Add Subscribers" button
- In the "Email Addresses" text area, paste your list of email addresses, one per line.
- Press "Add"
Can I have several mailing lists on my site?
Yes. There is no limit to the number of mailing lists you can add on your site.
Can I have users subscribe to the same mailing list from different pages on my site?
With our 2.1.1 release you are already able to let your visitors subscribe to the same mailing list from mailing list forms added to different pages. It's also now possible to create a new mailing list directly from the Form editor.
Can I add more input fields to the mailing list subscription form?
You will need to use the Forms editor in order to create a mailing list subscription form which contains other input fields beside the email address one.
- Use the Mailing List form wizard
to add the initial fields of the form. - Then add all other fields you want users to fill in as well - name, contact info, what type of information they're interested in receiving etc.
- Click on the "Submit" button and select the option Send to Email.
This way the form will send all submitted information to the specified email address and will add the user's email to the Mailing list.
Can I send rich-text or HTML newsletters with the mailing list?
Currently, you can send only plain-text messages with the mailing list functionality. We'd recommend placing the rich text and images content on a landing page created on your site and sending a brief plain-text message with link to that page as a newsletter. This will also allow you to easily track the response rate to your newsletter by monitoring the hits statistics for the landing page.
The ability to send HTML messages with the mailing list is included in our todo list for upcoming releases.
Can I send messages with attachments using the mailing list interface?
This option is not currently available, but will be included as a feature in upcoming releases. If you need the functionality urgently, contact us with a request for a custom solution.
