EBlast Settings
An icon is available under Administration/Email/Eblast called Settings. This page allows you to setup your EBlast options.
- Enable EBlast
- This will turn on/off the EBlast feature
- Email Address
- All EBlast emails will come form the email address: eblast@
- This is an alias to the email address defined by this option
- This design was chosen to assist in EBlasts not being flagged as SPAM
- Day of the Week
- You get to pick the day of the week EBlasts will be generated on
- The time of the day will vary based on the current load of the servers
- Use Group Filter
- For those not using Group Filters, this option has no effect
- If you do use Group Filters this option will turn on/off the personalized EBlast emails
- No Filter = All Content
- There are often members that do not belong to a Group
- By default, these members will only receive Group content and usually Committee content if they are a leader. They will not see all the Group activity
- When you turn on this option, these members will receive all content in EBlasts
- Exclude Content
- A number of customers use Group Filters to add generic events to their calendars such as public holidays and school events.
- By default all of these events are included in EBlasts, which can detract from focusing members on unit events.
- You can exlude content by checking their filter for exclusion.
Exclude Members
An icon is available at Administration/Email/EBlast/Exclude Members that will allow you to select members that you do not want to receive EBlasts. This function will allow you check members that you want to exclude from EBlasts.
We have found that policies on sending email vary greatly. Some organizations believe every member should receive email updates on activities with no ability to “opt-out” from this form of communication. Some organizations believe their members should have the ability to “opt-out” from any email communication and put the responsibility on the member to frequently check the website for updates.
By default EBlasts are sent to ALL unit members.
