Questions tagged [civimail]
Questions specifically about CiviCRM's mass mailings system CiviMail. For question about general mail related issues in CiviCRM use the tag *email*.
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Log all outbound email
What solutions are people using to track all outbound email from CiviCRM?
BCCing would be one option - a BCC could be added to all outbound email via an extension, I suppose.
Else I'm guessing that ...
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How to change mailing form and set the default value for url_tracking to false?
Is it possible to alter the mailing form? I want to set the default value for url_tracking to false. Usually I would write a hook_civicrm_buildForm and set a custom default value but this hook is not ...
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Different languages for month in Date
I have a French Drupal 7.67 /Civicrm 5.19.3 site with the right settings for the localization. Every strings that are translated in transifex appear translated. In the admin, the months are translated ...
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CiviMail Change the Track Opens Tracking URL to a pretty URL
I'm using the Track Opens option in CiviMail.
In CiviCRM for Wordpress the regular mail tracking url looks something like this: https://mywebsite.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/extern/url....
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Missing input parameters error on opt-out form
Our site is producing fatal "Missing input parameters" errors from the mailing opt-out form. This happens several times every day at random times. I have looked at a few other SE posts with similar ...
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Soap Proxy URL configuration help
I am really struggling getting the Soap Proxy URL configuration to work. I keep getting the following feedback from CiviMail: Civimail User Check : it appears that the proxy URL that you gave is ...
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Unable to Connect to MailStore for Bounce Processing
Tested on Wordpress 4.7.3 and Joomla
CiviCRM 4.7.16
We've set up a domain for all Civi-related mail processing for our CiviCRM clients for whom we provide site management. For one account we are ...
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How to resolve SMTP connection failing problem with code 535?
After upgrading CiviCRM from 4.6 to 4.7.14 I was not able to send (test) emails via SMTP. I got the following error:
authentication failure [SMTP: STARTTLS failed (code: 220, response: 2.0.0 Ready ...
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How can I chase up mailing list subscribers who don't confirm their opt-in?
When someone adds themselves to a group that is configured as a mailing list they get sent an email with a confirmation link. The email includes the token: {subscribe.url}
We now have something like ...
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How to track bounces from Sendgrid in CiviCRM 5.x?
We're set up with CiviCRM and Sendgrid but don't have bounce processing as far as we can tell, and are not sure how to fix that. All information on using the SendGrid api is pretty old and we have no ...
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CiviMail report not showing proper data after upgrade
I have recently upgraded CIVICRM to 4.7.27 and my wordpress version is 4.9.1. Before upgrade civimail report was showing proper data for example "Unique Opens", "Total Opens", etc. But now it's ...
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Attachment too large for mailing - should there have been a warning?
Recently had a user attach a .docx file that was 14 MB to a mailing. (Probably a single picture in the document was to blame.) As one would expect, the messages bounced rather than being delivered. ...
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How do I replace the “From” address from my mailings?
I setup a default adress in CiviMail -> From Email Adresses , like this :
"Example" <example@example.org>
but the problem is that when I send mails, the "From adress" change and become :
"...
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SMTP error 501 when extension Transactional Mail - Bounce and Tracking Handler is enabled
I use CiviCRM (v5.20.0 on PHP 7.3.11 in Joomla) to send scheduled reminders for membership expiration. The mails are sent via SMTP. This works okay when i send a reminder to my own account so i expect ...
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How to fix receipt/confirmation attached PDF alignment in email?
Civicrm email receipt/confirmation attach PDF files alignment issue.
We facing alignment issue in attached PDF file, Left side margin high and it is creating empty pages.
Which file needs to edit ...
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How to email a link to a confidential document in Civi
A client runs several night shelters for the homeless & uses Civi. They want to email a 'daily activity' report to staff & volunteers - the content of which is confidential. All staff & ...
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Sparkpost disable engangement tracking
Has anyone successfully switched off Engagement Tracking on SparkPost?
I did this at https://app.sparkpost.com/account/smtp
But all links are getting converted to http://go.sparkpostmail.com/
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Can all contacts that share an email be unsubscribed at once?
Often we have multiple contacts with a shared email address, as when a parent provides their own email when they register one or more children. We use the option in civimail to only send one email to ...
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Bounces not reaching bounce account
CiviCRM 5.19.2
WP 5.3
Testing my bounce settings, and I'm not sure whether I actually have a problem or not. I've set up both 'bounce' and 'activity processing' accounts, and their respective ...
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Unsubscribe link in publicly viewed newsletter error
I was thinking (first problem) to use the "view in browser" url to build a link page for viewing past newsletters. If a user clicks on the unsubscribe link, the url "mysite.com/civicrm/mailing/...
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“This site can't be reached” error message when trying to
I got the above error message when trying to print mailing labels. I have here a screen cap of the entire message and I'd appreciate it if you could please help me resolve this issue.
Thanks
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What permissions are needed to edit Mosaico templates?
My guess it that template creation and editing requires Administer CiviCRM - but wanted to check in and see if there was another way.
Thanks!
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CiviMail error: “Sorry an error occurred and your information was not saved”
CiviCRM 5.6.1, WordPress 4.9.8, PHP 7.1.22, MySQL 5.7.23, WordFence 7.1.16
I just started getting this error when trying to create a mailing. It happens with Mosaico and traditional mailings. I ...
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Mosaico 2.0, Drupal 7.64 - “Sorry an error occurred and your information was not saved”
Installed Mosaico 2.0-beta4 on Drupal 7.64 and CiviCRM 5.7.2. I followed all installation instructions and installed Shoreditch then Flexmailer then Mosaico.
I'm getting an error - when I try and ...
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Handling null values in tokens in civimail (and elsewhere)
Has anyone developed an extension to handle null values in tokens?
For example:
Sending an email to a contact with no first name:
Dear {first.name}, will end up as -> Dear ,
It appears that ...
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What low-cost third-party mailing platforms work well with CiviMail?
Mandrill users are being notified that the service is being integrated into Mailchimp, and you must have a paid account by the end of April.
What alternatives are out there that work well with ...
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Membership tokens missing after upgrade to civi v5
I would like to use the membership.fee token in a mail. However, it isn't displayed in the list of tokens the mailer view offers and it's not working when I use it manually. I saw a suggestion to use ...
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Can I add sent mailing to a campaign
The NGO I'm working with decided to create campaigns for all the ongoing projects. We weren't using this information previously, so I wasn't tagging the mailings to a project but now retroactively ...
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CiviMail mailer settings example
I'm not sure if it just me, but I am not 100% clear on what each of the CiviMail mailer settings do when combined together?
Mailer Batch Limit: The total number of emails that will go out on each ...
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Unable to load the recipients group when sending mailing with Civimail
I am running CiviCRM 5.17.4 on Wordpress 5.2.3. The problem I am facing is that
I am unable to send mailing to mailing lists (defined as groups) via CiviMail.
When I try to enter the group in the ...
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First steps for membership software
My european organization (~ 500 members) wants to buy a membership software. So far we have used a german site, but due to their advertisements within e-mails sent by us, we are not satisfied. In ...
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When adding CSS in civimail (under source) getting an error when trying to see or send test
Trying to use my own custom html e-mail in CiviMail with custom CSS in it (specifically to optimize on mobile).
When I have the CSS stylesheet info on top I cannot send a test email or preview in HTML....
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Mailer uploads images but KCFinder unable to display (WordPress)
I'm considerably confused about what's happening with Mailer & images (initially, I thought the problem was related to Mosaico, but it's now disabled): weirdly, I can upload an image to a ...
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Mailing summary doesn't display - says that mailing not complete
Updated to CiviCRM 5.19 - ran one of our biweekly mailings last night and I wanted to check the open count. But Civi says that the mailing isn't completed,
even though it shows on the mailing summary ...
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Issue with CiviMail reports after upgrade to 5.19.0
I upgraded to 5.19.0 and noticed that every report for completed mailings listed on the Find Mailings screen is now showing this message in the Delivery Summary section:
Delivery has not yet begun ...
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Edit Message Template Permission
Can anyone shed some light on the new(ish) permissions for editing message templates? I'm moving to Civi 5.5.3 on Drupal 7 and noticed that now the permissions are broken out into
CiviCRM: edit ...
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CiviCRM Integration wtih WhatsApp
CiviCRM SMS integration is a powerful feature. However, with many people moving to use instant messaging services like WhatsApp, has there been any move to integrate CiviCRM with and instant messenger,...
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Mailings get sent twice
We have an email newsletter with about 40,000 subscribers. It is organised simply by a group. So everybody, who is member of this group gets the mailing (unless email is not on hold etc etc).
For the ...
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CiviMail does not use the editor set in 'Display Preferences'
I'm on 5.17.4 on drupal8 and civimail is working, html editing and all. But I don't know why. CKeditor loads and it's clearly not the drupal one (minimal), but it also doesn't fully match the editor ...
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Where is extension data stored?
I am looking to upgrade an extension - for now I have been updating extensions by disabling - then uninstalling the old extension - and then installing and enabling the new extension. While that has ...
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Can all related contacts be notified about upcoming membership renewals?
We have an uncommon relationship between association managers and my client's member organizations. Since there may be multiple contacts in an association management firm and there may be significant ...
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Mailing job never finishes, but restarts at next cron cycle
After upgrading to 5.17.4 under Joomla, the next large CiviMail job did as follows:
It never completed and had to be cancelled
It reported zero successful deliveries, though it did report opens
At ...
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How can I create mosaico block with 2 button?
I would need a mosaico block with 2 button, is it possible to create? Thanks
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CiviCRM_API3_Exception: “DB Error: no such table”
Hello I am getting the below error when going to certain pages in my civicrm install notably after transfering from one server to a new server....the source server does not have this error.....
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CiviMail > New Mailing > No recipients Error
We've recently installed CiviCRM 4.6.6 and we're on WordPress 4.3. I'm experiencing the same issues as shown in this thread: CiviMail Mailing - Unable to select group, getting error of No recipients
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Missing email replies
We are using CiviCRM 15.4 on Drupal 7.
We are using the Sparkpost extension to send bulk emails through sparkpost.
This all works great, we get nice mail tracking and reports.
My users also want ...
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CiviMail not delivering to certain mail servers eg. wp.pl
CiviMail fails to deliver some emails to specific domain servers: @wp.pl. Each time I send a mailing I receive a bounce message which reads like this:
This is the mail system at host stpuk-org.nazwa....
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Mass Deleting Scheduled and Sent Mailings, Drafts, etc
DB has grown so huge and it started to cause problems with sending mass mailings. I want to delete old mass mailings, the sent ones and the drafts, etc. Is there away to do it in one click instead of ...
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outbound mail smtp password gets corrupted on wordpress
I have a CiviCRM on WordPress site and every now and again - maybe once every few months - without me doing anything obvious, the SMTP password gets corrupted in Settings - Outbound Mail.
I'm not ...
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CiviMail Authentication Issues when run by Cron - SOLVED - Sharing Information
I was working through a strange issue where emails were bouncing with varying issues like syntax, relay etc. But it felt random. What it came down to is that all mailings via cron (cv api job.execute) ...
