In Lists, you can use queries from our programs to create and view email lists. You can create multiple email lists, each one targeted at a different group of your users. For example, you can create an offline query of all constituents in your database who have an attribute of Sports on their records. You can use the query online to create an email list of constituents interested in sports and invite them to your sporting event fundraisers. In the email message, you can include a link to the page of your website where the recipient can sign up for the event.
Tip: We recommend you create a list of users to receive an email message as a test before you send the message to its final recipients. The test list recipients can review the message to verify that the message appears correctly in multiple email client readers. For more information about test email lists, see Test Lists.
You can use static or dynamic queries but not queries that contain “ask at runtime” operators. If the query is dynamic, the program automatically updates the list in Lists. However, if the query is static, the list does not automatically update. To update a list that uses a static query, refresh the query in the other program. For more information about how to create and refresh a query, see the Query section of the help file of the other Blackbaud program.
The grid in Lists contains all email lists created in Lists but also those automatically generated when you send a newsletter. Newsletter lists contain only users who subscribe to the newsletter so the generated list name is always “[Newsletter Name] Subscribers.” You can add, delete, and view email lists in the grid.
Tip: For best practice information about email, refer to Blackbaud Communication Services Best Practices for Email.
Show Me: Watch how to create an email list.