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Creating a basic mailing

As a last step, you will now create the basic mailing. This is a normal mailing containing at least one trackable link triggering pre-defined actions. Proceed as follows:

1.Create a normal mailing as described in chapter "Mailings - Sending out newsletters". All options described there are at your disposal.
2.After creating the mailing by clicking on Save, call up the Content tab. Within the mailing text, insert a valid web address as a trackable link. If it is a text mail you are creating, a http://... type URL will suffice. Do make sure the URL actually exists. Otherwise recipients will receive an error message when clicking on the link in their browser.
Fig. 8.44: Within the mailing text, insert a live link.

Fig. 8.44: Within the mailing text, insert a live link.

3.After inserting the link, call up the Trackable links tab. This will display an overview of pre-defined links. Click on a link to view its details.
4.The entry dialog for trackable links is really very simple. Enter a short Description. In the Trackable drop-down list, the Text and HTML version setting may be selected unchanged. In the last drop-down list, Action, select the action defined in the preceding chapter: Special travel mailing.
Fig. 8.45: Connecting the link from the basic mailing with an action.

Fig. 8.45: Connecting the link from the basic mailing with an action.

5.Save the new settings by clicking on the Save button. This completes the mailing which can now be tested and sent as described in chapter "Testing and sending a mailing".
Fig. 8.46: This is what the basic mailing looks like in a recipient’s email client (in this case: Pegasus Mail).

Fig. 8.46: This is what the basic mailing looks like in a recipient’s email client (in this case: Pegasus Mail).