Sending bulk e-mails and SMS
Now that we have set up a group to send mass e-mails to and provided ways for site visitors to subscribe to our newsletter and other bulk e-mail subscriptions, it's time to send a bulk e-mail with CiviMail to all the group members who have subscribed to it.
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Quite a few organizations using CiviCRM also use MailChimp for their bulk mails. There are a few CiviCRM extensions that enable the synchronization of CiviCRM and MailChimp. If you do want to continue using MailChimp, we recommend you check the extensions page on the CiviCRM website and/or ask on the CiviCRM Stack Exchange site.
The construction of a bulk e-mail message involves a two-step wizard in which you name the mailing, select the recipients, and mailing options, develop content, preview/test, and schedule the mailing. Before we work through those steps, let's look at a few additional tools and options you may want to review and configure first.
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If you are using a version of CiviCRM prior to v4...