Dada Mail v11.11.x is packed with new features. In this blog post, we’re going to look at the enhancements to scheduled mailings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scheduled Mailings allows you to author a mass mailing to be sent out at a later date – either as a one-time mass mailing, or a mass mailing that’s repeated on a ongoing schedule. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There’s a few ways you can create a scheduled mass mailing, including turning any draft message into a scheduled mass mailing. When your authoring your draft message, look for the button on the top of the screen labeled, Save as: Schedule<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can also create a Schedule Mailing from anew. Under, Mass Mailing All Drafts\/Stationery\/Schedules<\/strong>, click on the tab labeled, Schedules<\/strong>, then click on the button labeled, + New Schedule<\/strong>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n Whichever way you create a scheduled mailing, the scheduled mailing authoring screen looks a lot like the screen to create and then send a draft message, except for the additional options above: <\/p>\n\n\n\n In this blog post, we’re going to talk about the last three (new!) options and what they do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dada Mail already allows you to test a scheduled message – just click the button on top labeled, Send Test<\/strong>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n A test mass mailing message will be sent out immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This new option, when enabled, does something a little different. Instead of sending a test message right away, the scheduled mailing will only go to test recipients when the schedule itself is set to go out<\/em>, thereby allowing you to make sure the scheduling is working, and not just test to see if a message can be sent out\/looks good in your mail reader. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So, if you’re schedule is set to be sent next Wednesday, that’s when your test recipients – and not your mailing list subscribers, will receive the scheduled mailing. This can be useful to make sure that (for example), your recurring schedule is firing off correctly. One reason a schedule is not being fired off correctly is if the cronjob for Dada Mail has not been set, and that’s the first thing I would do when debugging a problem like this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Test recipients can be set in the authoring screen. Click the, Options<\/strong> tab, then the, Testing<\/strong> tab. Dada Mail should give you the option to either list addresses you would like send a test message, or to use the Testers sublist, the latter of which can be reused for multiple drafts\/schedules. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![](\"https:\/\/blog.dadamailproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/save_as_schedule.jpg\")
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