Create an Event for Mailing List Subscribes/Unsubcribes

Administrators can create an event to be notified when a user subscribes or unsubscribes from a mailing list.

Applies to SmarterMail Enterprise 10.x - 14.x

Follow the steps below to setup a notification for these events:

  1. Log into SmarterMail as the domain administrator.
  2. Click the Settings icon.
  3. Expand the Domain Settings folder in the navigation pane and click Events. A list of existing events will load in the content pane.
  4. Click New in the content pane toolbar.
  5. Click the Conditions tab.
  6. In the Event Name field, type the name of the event.
  7. In the Event Category field, select Mailing List from the list.
  8. In the Event Type field, select either Mailing List Subscribe or Mailing List Unsubscribe, depending on which event you would like this notification to be for.
  9. Click the Actions tab and click Add Action in the content pane toolbar.
  10. Fill out the information for the action and click Save.
  11. Click Save again in the content pane toolbar.


Applies to SmarterMail Enterprise 9.x

Follow the steps below to setup a notification for these events:

  1. Log into SmarterMail as the domain administrator.
  2. Click the Settings icon.
  3. Expand the Domain Settings folder in the navigation pane and click Events. A list of existing events will load in the content pane.
  4. Click New in the content pane toolbar.
  5. Click the Options tab.
  6. In the Event Name field, type the name of the event.
  7. In the Event Category field, select Mailing List from the list.
  8. In the Event Type field, select either Mailing List Subscribe or Mailing List Unsubscribe, depending on which event you would like this notification to be for.
  9. Click the Actions tab and click Add Action in the content pane toolbar.
  10. Fill out the information for the action and click Save.
  11. Click Save again in the content pane toolbar.


Applies to SmarterMail Enterprise 8.x

Follow the steps below to setup a notification for these events:

  1. Log into SmarterMail as the domain administrator.
  2. Click the Events icon.
  3. Expand the Domain Events folder and click All Events. A list of events will load in the content pane.
  4. Click New in the content pane toolbar.
  5. Click the Options tab.
  6. In the Event Name field, type the name of the event.
  7. In the Event Category field, select Mailing List from the list.
  8. In the Event Type field, select either Mailing List Subscribe or Mailing List Unsubscribe, depending on which event you would like this notification to be for.
  9. Click the Actions tab and click Add Action in the content pane toolbar.
  10. Fill out the information for the action and click Save.
  11. Click Save again in the content pane toolbar.


All other fields are optional. For more information, please refer to the SmarterMail Online Help.

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