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How do I create an autoresponder?
It's easy to create an Autoresponder campaign. Here's how: Click on the Autoresponder Tab in your dashboard. Click on the Add Autoresponder button. In the options that pop up, select the list you wish to target. Select the trigger time that you want to use (when after an event, like…
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Why can’t your autoresponders send immediately after signup?
The autoresponder system is set up to be an easy way to send campaigns based on a date, for instance once a year on birthdays. Or, to do something like send a series of tips after someone signs up to your list. It helps you by automatically sending these emails,…
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How can new subscribers view or receive my past campaigns?
There are several easy ways for you to enable new subscribers to see your past campaigns. You can allow them to view recent campaigns right on your signup form. You can send them an autoresponder. Or you can send a campaign to your new subscribers using our segmenting tools. Adding…
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Why isn’t my autoresponder sending?
Is the Autoresponder Still a Draft? If the autoresponder has not been manually started, the autoresponder will remain in draft mode and will not send. You can start the autoresponder by clicking the Start button on the last step of the campaign builder at the bottom of the page. Check…
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How do I create and send automatic birthday campaigns?
You can add a birthday or date field to your list and send an autoresponder to campaign to send a birthday message to your subscribers. Here's how you send an email to your recipients on their birthday: First, make sure you have a birthday field or a date field in…
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I uploaded emails and set my autoresponder, why didn’t it send?
Everything that makes MailChimp work behind the scenes (sending servers, datacenters, etc) runs based off of UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). However, because you you can set your account to display all times in your time zone to make things easier to read while working, it's important to understand that our…
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Does the autoresponder send to my entire list?
The autoresponder sends to some, most, or all of your list according to your specification. It won't send to your full list automatically like a normal campaign would. You have 2 ways to segment your list when it comes to who is going to get your autoresponder emails. 1. You…
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How do I use autoresponders with my Google Spreadsheet Survey/Form?
There is actually a way to do this fairly easily if you are using a Google Spreadsheet survey/form, though it may require repetitively importing your survey spreadsheet. The first step is to add a “date” type merge variable to your MailChimp list. Once that's added to your list, you can…
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How do I change the send settings on my autoresponder campaigns?
You can edit your autoresponder send settings on the Autoresponder tab. Here's what you need to do. Go to the Autoresponders Tab. Click on the edit link under the Send Settings heading. Related Videos
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What time do the autoresponders send?
You can select a time for each autoresponder to send in the send settings. All autoresponders will by default be set up to send at 8 pm EST time. This includes any autoresponder created before July 17th, 2011. You can change this time by going to Autoresponders > in the…
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Why doesn’t my Autoresponder show who’ll get this next?
On your autoresponder tab, if you click on the who'll get this next link, you'll get a list of people that the autoresponder is schedule to send to. If your autoresponder isn't scheduled to send to anybody on that day, it'll show that no one will receive this next. Say,…
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How do I use a campaign I’ve already built in my autoresponders?
If you're using a template for your campaign design, the easiest way to use an existing campaign design and content for your autoresponder is to save the campaign as a template and use that template for your autoresponder. Here's how: If your campaign hasn't yet been sent, edit it and…
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Can I create a Plain Text Only autoresponder campaign?
Due to the nature of the autoresponder process, we can only allow multipart sending in the autoresponders. You would need to include an HTML and Plain Text version of your campaigns in all autoresponders. If you're looking for a way to fake it, check out the "Plain Text" template under…
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How do I view reports for my autoresponder campaigns?
When you send an autoresponder email, you'll find the report under the Autoresponder tab not the Report tab. Clicking on the number listed in the Sent column will take you to an overview report. This shows the number of opens, who opened, clicks and other general stats. Clicking on the…
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How do I pause my RSS to email campaign or my Autoresponder?
RSS to Email On your Campaigns page in your MailChimp account, you'll see the title of your RSS to email campaign. If you mouse over the campaign title you'll bring up the editing options. Choose pause campaign to pause and edit your campaign. Once the campaign has been paused, you'll…
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Can I leave the year off the date for my birthday autoresponders?
Yes! For subscribers that are sensitive about counting years, our date fields have been modified to be year-less. You can add a Day and Month birthday field to any of your lists, by modifying your forms. Just select the birthday from the add a field options to your Signup Form.…
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Can I add a date merge tag to my autoresponder?
No, sorry I'm afraid you can't do that. The date merge field will only populate the date of the first send for the autoresponder. This is a tag for non-autoresponder campaigns only.
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I don’t see my autoresponder campaigns in the Campaigns Tab.
You can find autoresponder information and reports under your Autoresponder tab. We keep these separate, so this data won't be mixed up with your non-autoresponder campaigns.
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