Opt-In Management
This page allows you to automate your mailing lists subscription management. It generates a form that you will copy/paste to your web site, and adds incoming rules to your project for handling subscription requests.
Opt-In Form

Select the fields: The table lists all the fields available in the mailing list. The first step is to select the fields that the new subscriber will have to fill out in the form. For each field, you can choose if it is:

- Mandatory: The field will appear in the subscription form. If the subscriber does not provide this information, a message will tell him that this information is mandatory.
- Optional: The field will appear in the subscription form but the subscriber does not have to provide this information.
- Do not ask: The field will not appear in the subscription form.

Redirection URL: Once the new subscriber has submitted the form, he will be redirected to the URL indicated here.
If you want to redirect the new subscriber to a "Welcome" page, follow these steps:
- Create a new page on you web site called, for instance, "welcome.html".
- Enter the text of your "welcome" page. It is recommended to inform the new subscriber that he will receive a message to confirm his subscription. Note that you can personalize this page by using the informations provided by the new subscriber. Indeed, all available parameters are added to the Redirection URL.
- Under Redirection URL, enter the link to the "welcome" page (e.g.: http://www.mycompany.com/welcome.html).
Confirmation Message
The confirmation message is automatically sent to a new subscriber when submitting the subscription form. It is part of the double opt-in process allowing a subscriber to confirm his subscription. Indeed, a lot of dishonorable consumers subscribe people to hundreds of list without their permission. Thereby bombarding these people with hundreds of unsolicited email messages. The double opt-in process provides you the added protection of a confirmation link that must be clicked by the new subscriber.
The application lets you edit the confirmation message (message subject and body) like any other message. If you need help to use the HTML Editor, see Content Editors. You also have the possiblity to personalize the confirmation message using the information the new subscriber has provided when submitting the subscription form. Use the following syntax : %NameOfTheField%. For instance, if you ask for the First Name in the opt-in form, you can start your confirmation message by "Hi %FirstName%,".

Note that the confirmation message contains a link that should not be deleted: "To confirm that you do want to join, click here" . Indeed, it contains the information for your system to identify the subscriber and confirm the opt-in process.
Queue Settings
In order to manage automatically subscriptions and unsubscriptions, the application creates rules that update automatically your mailing list.
The application receives the information on a new subscriber within an email sent to the address indicated here.
In order to allow the application to receive this message, you must associate your project with the appropriate incoming queue. Note that incoming queues are configured in the application server and allows the application to retrieve messages from your mail server (POP3 server or file).
Opt-In Management
Once you have filled in all the information, click on Generate to display:

The Web Form Code: In order to display the subscription form within your website, you must copy all the code located in the text area and paste it within your web site HTML code (it has to be between the <body> and </body> tags).

Rules: The rules for updating automatically your mailing list are created. They are displayed in the Rules page.