Define Recipients
Or from the job list, select the desired job, then in the job details pane, select the Summary tab and click on the Edit link in the Recipients section.
To access the recipients wizard for a given A/B-split job: On the A/B-Split Job Details page, click the Edit link in the Recipients section.
The Define Recipients wizard allows the defining of recipients that will receive the email message specified in the job when the job is finally sent.
The wizard has five pages: Options, Source, Source Details, Recipients Details, Advanced Settings, and Summary
The top row of the wizard displays links to these five pages. The page that is currently open is marked with a highlighted background color. Depending on the choices made on some of the wizard pages, other pages may become disabled or may be shown in different versions. If a wizard page is disabled, then it means that this page is not necessary with the current choices and can safely be ignored.
Options Page: Choose Recipients Type
This screen defines the general type of recipients. Select the option
for the type of recipient definition you desire for the job. Use the drop-down menus to further refine your definition
where appropriate.
Note: Your account may not have all recipient types described below available,
depending on how the system administrator has configured your account.
You can choose:
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Use Existing Recipients:
Re-use recipients that LISTSERV Maestro already knows about. There are three different options available:
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Send to a Recipient Target Group:
This option assumes that the data administrator has configured
one or more recipients target group(s). Select the target group and supply input
parameters for the target group on the following wizard pages.
Help pages for wizard of this type
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Send to a Subscriber List or Dataset:
This option assumes an existing Subscriber Dataset with at least one Subscriber List. Define the details
about the desired subscriber subset on the following wizard pages.
Help pages for wizard of this type
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Send to a Classic LISTSERV List:
This option assumes an existing Classic LISTSERV list with existing subscribers.
Define the details about the list on the following wizard pages.
Help pages for wizard of this type
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Send to a Recipient Target Group:
This option assumes that the data administrator has configured
one or more recipients target group(s). Select the target group and supply input
parameters for the target group on the following wizard pages.
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Define New Recipients:
Specify new recipients. There are three different options to define new recipients:
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Upload Recipients:
With this option, you upload a file with the recipients into the system. The file can
either be an Excel or OpenOffice spreadsheet file (xls, xlsx or ods) that contains the recipients,
or a text text file that contains the recipients in a "comma separated format"
(also sometimes known as "tab separated format").
Help pages for wizard of this type
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Select Recipients From a Database or LDAP Directory:
This option allows LISTSERV Maestro to use recipients that are stored in a separate database or LDAP directory.
Specify the connection settings and further details on the following wizard pages.
Help pages for wizard of this type
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Let LISTSERV Select Recipients From a Database or LDAP Directory:
This option employs LISTSERV's capabilities to use recipients
that are stored in a separate database or LDAP directory.
Specify query details on the following wizard pages.
Help pages for wizard of this type
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Upload Recipients:
With this option, you upload a file with the recipients into the system. The file can
either be an Excel or OpenOffice spreadsheet file (xls, xlsx or ods) that contains the recipients,
or a text text file that contains the recipients in a "comma separated format"
(also sometimes known as "tab separated format").
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Advanced Options:
Advanced recipients options.
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Determine Recipients Based on Reaction to the Job:
With this option, LISTSERV Maestro will determine the recipients based on the events
that are stored in the LISTSERV Maestro database. Specify the original job here, and define the details
about the desired recipients' behavior on the following wizard pages.
Help pages for wizard of this type
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Copy Recipients Definition from Job:
Copy the recipients definition from an existing job.
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Determine Recipients Based on Reaction to the Job:
With this option, LISTSERV Maestro will determine the recipients based on the events
that are stored in the LISTSERV Maestro database. Specify the original job here, and define the details
about the desired recipients' behavior on the following wizard pages.
After your selections have been made, click [Next->] to continue.