Pause or Resume an RSS Automation

After an RSS automation starts sending, you may want to change the layout, your logo, or even the RSS feed being used. Pause your RSS automation to make edits, and resume it when you’re ready to start sending again.

In this article, you’ll learn how to pause and resume your RSS automation.

Before you start

Here are some things to know before you start the process.

• Make sure you’re familiar with how RSS automations work in Mailchimp.
• Paused RSS automations queue posts from the time that they're paused until sending is resumed. For example, a daily automation that’s paused on Monday and resumed on Friday would include any posts made on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
• Frequently pausing and reactivating an RSS automation may interfere with Mailchimp's ability to queue the emails for sending. If an automation has recently been resumed, it may take a day for the RSS automation to send again.

Pause an RSS automation

To pause your RSS automation, follow these steps.

1. Click Campaigns.
2. Find the RSS automation you want to work with.
3. If your automation hasn't started sending yet, click the Pause and Edit button, then click Pause in the pop-up modal.
4. If your automation has started sending, click the drop-down and choose Pause.

Nice job! After the automation is paused, it will open to the Confirm step with a paused for editing success message across the top of the page.

Continue through the RSS automation builder to make your changes and resume sending. If you want your automation to remain paused, click the Save & Exit drop-down on the top right of the screen and choose where to go.

Resume an RSS automation

To resume your paused RSS automation, follow these steps.

1. Click Campaigns.
2. Click the name of the RSS automation you'd like to resume.
3. Navigate to the Confirm step, then click Start RSS.
4. In the Confirm RSS Start pop-up modal, click Start Campaign.

Nice job! We’ll send your RSS automation at its send time when there’s a new post on your feed.