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Subscription via e-mail

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The OpenEMM supports not just the subscription on a website (which is the standard way) but also the subscription via email. The person who wants to subscribe can send an email to a pre-defined address, which starts (and documents) the subscription process.

For security reasons, the subscription via email is always combined with a double-opt-in email. To ensure that it is not possible to subscribe someone else, the subscription has to be confirmed. An email will be sent to the new recipient with a confirmation link that has to be clicked. Only by clicking the confirmation link, the new recipient will be included in the mailing list.

The setup to offer subscription via email is closely related the setup of a bounce filter.

Click on Administration, Bounce filters, New bounce filter. Choose a Name and Description e.g. Subscription via email.

Activate Forward incoming emails. Choose the address for incoming subscriptions per email. OpenEMM has to recognize incoming subscriptions, so please use the same subdomain that is also used for the newsletter, e.g. newsletterabo@newsletter.company.com.

Fig. 11.8: Creating a subscription per e-mail.

Fig. 11.8: Creating a subscription per e-mail.

Check the box Use for subscribe address. Choose the specific mailing list for new recipients.

Subscription via email will always be a double-opt-in process. For this reasons, a form for a double-opt-in mail is needed, that you choose next. In most cases you can simply choose your previously designed form for subscriptions via your website. The double-opt-in-mail is now activated. Click on Save. If necessary you find more information about forms in chapter "Forms - Recipient management".

The new bounce filter for registration per email subsequently appears in the overview. The address aml_XX@filter.xx.xx is only relevant to you if you have not entered a forwarding address when setting up. In this case, it would be your email address for registration. Due to its somewhat cryptic appearance, it is in any case advantageous to use a forwarding address instead of this one. In this case, therefore, you can ignore the address given here.

You can now test the new feature by sending an e-mail to your subscription address. Be sure to write from an address, which is not yet included in the mailing list.

Fig. 11.9: The Bounce-Filter Subscription via email is in the overview.

Fig. 11.9: The Bounce-Filter Subscription via email is in the overview.