How To Set Up Group Mailing

What is Group Mailing:

  • Mass mail to a predefined list of people.
    • Persons can be members of one or more groups.
    • Email names and addresses may loaded directly using administrative back end
    • Sign up via double opt in progress using special form
  • Mail always comes from a single email address.
  • All mail includes a link to automatically remove a person from the list via web page.
  • Templates can be used to customize both acceptance and rejection.

Setup Process:

  • Using phpmyadmin add entry to OptinMail:MailList_master table
    • specify if groups are going to be required.
    • email address in domain to be used to process opt-in and opt out requests.
    • domain name of the site (w/o the 'www.')


See online Documentation under Group Mailing for rest of process.