Campaign Desktop - The Message Tab

The Message tab is where you enter, format and configure the text of the email message you wish to send to the recipients in your database.

Message Type
In the Message Type field, choose whether you want to send an html email, a plain text email or both.

Enable A/B Messaging
By enabling A/B Messaging, you can set your mass emailing to alternate between two different messages. Person 1 will receive Message A, Person 2 will receive Message B, Person 3 will receive Message A, and so on.

Subject
Enter text into the Subject field as you want it to appear in the subject line of the outgoing email.

Plain Text/HTML Message
Enter the body text of the email here. If you are sending an HTML message, remember to include all appropriate HTML body text tags, including color tags, bold and italics, and headlines. For a couple important notes on HTML messaging, click here.

Clean button
Clicking the Clean button will remove any characters from the Plain Text/HTML Message field that aren't readable by standard email programs. Campaign Desktop will replace these removed characters as best it can. After clicking the Clean button, you can always go back into the text to make further modifications.

Import button
Clicking the Import button will allow you to retrieve your email from an already existing text file. You can not directly import a Word or Wordperfect document into Campaign Desktop. Conversion options include saving the Word or Wordperfect document as a text file, then importing it, or cutting and pasting the text. You can, however, include a Word or Wordperfect document as an attachment (see Attachment, below).

Print button
Clicking the Print button will print a copy of the email you are planning to send.

View HTML button
Clicking the View HTML button will display your email in your web browser. The View HTML button is a very useful tool if you are sending an HTML email.

Merge Field Insertion
If you want to add a database field into your email text (e.g., the recipient's name), do so by choosing that field here. Please note that you can also type that field name directly into your message, but by using the Merge Field Insertion function, you can help avoid misspellings and typos.

Attachment
Attach a file to your mass emailing through the Attachment field.

Character set
Choose which language character set you wish to use in your email through the Character set field.

Step #3 - Sending